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...time the gluing just right. There is a magic moment just before the glue dries when it's hard enough to stick, but still tacky enough to give. That's when players at the Games want to hit the tables. If they don't, it's pong-demonium. "One of our players melted down [in a previous competition] because the match in front of her was delayed," said Fox, "so she thought her glue was losing its effect." Table tennis can be so stressful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sticky Business of Table Tennis | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

Watson went into a state of pan demonium as the already frenetic fans went delirious and the whole Harvard bench erupted out onto the ice and swarmed Gauthier. The Yale bench on the other hand, was the most dejected group of athletes seen around here since the '68 Harvard Yale football game, as all of the Elis were motonless and a few were visibly crying...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Harvard Takes Watson Thriller From Yale, 3-2 | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...voice is heard, promising that the 20-year-old prayers of the bereaved shall be answered, that the fallen shall be resurrected, permitted to return to their homes. When the soldiers have crawled out of their graves and the news of the miracle is broadcast over the earth, pan- demonium is loosed. Capitalists protest their presence on economic grounds, churchmen declare the resurrection unholy, since the men are human and lustful, statesmen argue that there is no surplus land available for the 13,000,000 weird newcomers. Commerce and communica- tions collapse, councils are called, panic reigns. Throughout the nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 23, 1931 | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

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