Word: headroom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tradition, and the fact that the only requirements for a court are a flat surface and plenty of headroom, make armories the appropriate place for badminton. Last week's tournament was held in that of the Naval Reserve. Before the tournament started, officials debated whether or not to accept the entry of Hock Sim Ong, Malay post-graduate student at the University of California who learned badminton when he went to Cambridge on a British Government scholarship. Before it was over, four other contestants had good cause to wish the officials had rejected it because Hock...
...properly to toast King Edward was the burden of a fleet order last week. Britain's Kings have been toasted by the King's officers sitting down since the days when Britain's wooden ships gave a man so little headroom between decks that he could not stand up at mess. Last week this rule was modified to the extent that when the King's toast is drunk with toasts to the heads of foreign States, all must be drunk standing...