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...week to help students who have fallen behind, another week to give special attention to gifted students. Schools may also offer enrichment classes in such topics as photography or world cultures. "Even when they're on intersession, kids come to the school recreation room to play pool, Monopoly and Ping-Pong," says Eva Valencia, a volunteer coordinator at a Socorro school. "This way the kids can come to school instead of hanging out on the streets and joining gangs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everyone into the School! | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

...Sevenoaks workshop, 12-year-old Daniel "demanded to make a Ping-Pong table, which to their credit they let me do. All my life's ambition went into this table. I took it home; we used it for years." That first experience working with wood "was the start of what became one of my greatest abiding loves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Dashing Daniel | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...meeting Parsons also announced plans forrenovating the basements of the Union dorms intocommon rooms with couches, television sets andpool and ping-pong tables. In addition, Parsonssaid, renovations will be made to Yard dorms whichcurrently lack common rooms...

Author: By Emily J. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: First-Years Participate In Mem. Hall Planning | 11/11/1992 | See Source »

...will slip into undergarments lined with sensors and miniature actuators. Then they will dial their partner and, while whispering endearments, fondle each other over long-distance lines. For those who prefer something tamer, Nobel physicist Arno Penzias believes that in the 21st century it will be possible to play Ping-Pong (or any other sport) with phantasms that look and talk like the celebrity of your choice. And that's just the beginning. Someday, says visionary engineer K. Eric Drexler, molecular-size machines will be able to assemble objects one atom at a time. Using this method, they could manufacture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Machines | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

Indeed. Following Nixon's goal, BU dominated the contest offensively, turning what was a ping-pong game into a night at the bowling alley...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Terriers Hammer Stickwomen, 5-1 | 10/9/1992 | See Source »

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