Word: croqueted
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...Simon, now a law professor at Yale, adds: "I've never seen a better croquet player. We used to play on the lawns of Maine...
...pathfinders of empire, symbolized virtues that quickened young hearts. But mercantile Britain offered few opportunities for a romantic. "Where was the use of valor and a knowledge of Xenophon and all the rest of the accoutrements?" Glazebrook inquires. "He had put on knight's armor to play croquet...
...would not be going too far to say that at times the honorees beamed. Their job was to enjoy what they could, rest when they felt the need. Supervising croquet seemed to be just their speed...
They played croquet and Risk. They competed in caterpillar races on the John D. Merrill '89 memorial on the riverbank across form the finish line. In these days of electronic wizardry, they even got to watch themselves on videotape. They also watched movies and eventually got around to filming interviews with one another...
...Croquet is not the "backyard game we used to know," says Karlock. In collegiate croquet there are "many more rules, the wickets are just large enough to fit the ball the courts are twice the size and there are four balls on the court at all times," Karlock adds...