Word: cues
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Baldwin thinks that the Japanese have lost their awe of the Emperor, retain only respect and curiosity. He talked with Hirohito, found him "intelligent, quick and agreeable," but very much of a "man who had been managed. Hirohito always seemed to be looking for someone to give him a cue. To break the ice I brought candy for his kids. He got real folksy and asked me about my kids at home...
...shutout left predicted its imminent return to power, after the new Government's inevitable flop. Cried pro-Communist Socialist Pietro Nenni: "What goes out the window will come in the door." That was a clear cue for the U.S. not to let the new Government flop; it might be difficult to protect Ministers who are as inept as they are well-meaning...
Carom billiards is played on a pocketless table with only three balls. About 60%" of U.S. cue fans play pool, 35% play a variation called snooker, and only 5% billiards...
...Philadelphia he was famed as a deadly accurate pool shooter. Many an afternoon he shuffled into his father's barber shop and heard his Pa say: "Willie, there's a man in the back room who thinks he's better than you." Willie would grab a cue and go to work-with Pa betting as high as $100 on his boy. Business was brisk, and Willie got better with...
...still holding tight. But equipment was suffering from lack of maintenance. As much as anything, it had been waiting to see which way steel would jump. Now it had its cue...