Word: cues
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...Morales stayed inconspicuous; the guys he came with did not. They were making bets, saying not only would Morales and his $10 cue win his matches, but he would beat the finest shot makers and gamblers in the country by two, three or four racks, in a race to 11. Ludicrous. No rookie no-name could pull that off. Besides, pool was an American game. Sure there were good players from Europe, Japan and Taiwan, and there was a sportswriter, John Grissim, who'd been to the Philippines and claimed there were guys in that country, like a kid named...
...everybody in the game wants to beat. Many end up handing him wads of $100 bills. "There are just things he does on a pool table that are a little bit above everybody else," says Helfert. He can play angles and the rails. He can position the cue ball seemingly at will, he excels at the safety game?burying opponents behind balls to prevent a clean shot?and he takes, and often makes, shots others don't see or won't risk. After Houston, he won American tournaments in several different categories?nine ball, straight pool, rotation, one pocket, carom...
...Nita's, Reyes spends about 20 minutes on the table before unscrewing his cue. He wipes his brow, then begins cataloging the aches and pains that are chipping away at his game. His eyes have gotten worse, he says. His elbows and shoulders hurt, and his belly makes it harder to stretch across the table. Everything has gotten worse since he quit smoking in 1997, he says. Some people in the Philippines say age has caught up with Reyes and robbed him of his magic touch. Reyes seems to agree. He thinks he'll play five more years, then retire...
...other may be a death of credibility - that Wall Street, after living since Sept. 11 in a world whose economic center of gravity had shifted to Washington, should probably take this cue and stop looking southward for help when the business cycle goes south. Private economists, who have been factoring an economic stimulus package into their recovery forecasts since the attacks, are already reaching the point when it's ceasing to matter much one way or the other. As Washington dithered the fall away, the markets charged back past their Sept. 10 levels and consumers made their way back...
...center also rewards excellent teaching, awarding TFs who receive a CUE guide rating of at least 4.5 out of 5 possible points...