Word: gaming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Annoying Ploy. British humor can be highly perishable, and its point is often so obscure as to defy detection -except perhaps, by the British themselves. But Stephen Potter's wry and understated advice on how to win games, including the game of life, with losing hands endeared him to readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Any of his satirical books, from the first (Gamesmanship, or The Art of Winning Games...
...this time his companion, anxiously speculating on how many pounds-ten? 100?-Potter was going to touch him for, was dubbing every other shot. As it developed, all Potter requested was the loan of a razor blade, a gambit that ruined the remainder of his friend's game. "Relief," added the author, "creates a tendency to pull...
Harvard's freshman team, despite periods of poor passing, recorded nine straight points midway through the second half of their game and went on to defeat the Terriers' freshmen...
...Crimson's attack was seriously impeded for most of the game by sloppy passing and difficulty getting the puck out of its own zone. B.U. displayed extremely aggressive play in the Harvard zone and scored four of its goals amidst confusion around the Crimson...
Sophomore guard Matt Bozek. with eight field goals in the first half on jump shots and fast break lay-ups, finished the game with 25 points. Dale Dover, who covered Hayes man-to-man while his teammates played a zone, added 17, as did captain Ernie Hardy...