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Though the audience never leaves the shop, the characters construct an external reality with sightings of police cars, references to poker partners and Bobby's frequent trips to the diner--frequent because he can't ever seem to get Donny's order straight...

Author: By Marc D. Zelanko, | Title: Aimless American Buffalo | 3/25/1993 | See Source »

...There was loud music, and people played pool, foosball, and poker. Once the storm calmed down, people went outside and played football and built an igloo," said Erika Ellertson...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: 'Storm of The Century' Blasts Quincy Dining Hall | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...highest just after a storm because the snow crystals have not had time to forge bonds to one another and to crystals in the existing snowpack. Typically, bonding occurs over a few days' time. Under certain conditions, however, the crystals never bond, but remain loose like a pile of poker chips. This dangerous situation commonly occurs in Colorado, where temperatures are very cold (snow crystals bond most readily close to their melting point). The shape of the crystals is important too. A layer of graupel -- soft hailstones that behave like miniature ball bearings -- substantially increases the avalanche hazard. In essence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eluding The White Death | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

They were free to gamble the chips at games operated by student croupiers, including Blackjack, Clap's Rouet, poker and The Wheel of Fortune. A caricature artist, a D.J. and Bonaparte the Magician also entertained the "gamblers...

Author: By Brigette M. Roberts, | Title: U.C. Lucky Night' Draws 150 | 2/16/1993 | See Source »

...wife Georgette, who, in return, never posed for any other artist. The common man in Magritte's paintings, with his raincoat and bowler, whether standing with an apple in front of his face or floating down in multitudes upon the unperturbed streets of Brussels, really is Magritte -- the poker-faced enchanter. No artist ever behaved less like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Poker-Faced Enchanter | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

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