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Word: pong (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chairman of the board of Parker Brothers, manufacturers of popular American tabletop games since 1883; of cancer; in Salem, Mass. Parker's company has established a record for originality in an industry full of imitators; in 1902 it introduced Americans to table tennis under the trade name Ping Pong; other Parker Brothers classics include Clue and the allegedly oracular Ouija Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 14, 1974 | 1/14/1974 | See Source »

...pong game is forever. Although players can position their paddles so that the blip should move between them permanently on a fixed path, the pong machine automatically breaks up steady-state rallies that extend beyond a given time period. Some machines turn themselves off in such a situation, while others are programmed to divert the blip from its path. Even pong has its limits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pong | 11/28/1973 | See Source »

Despite the records, Saturday's game was a wild and explosive affair. With both defenses off on an inexplicable sabbatical, the offensive firepower put points on the scoreboard for both teams with the speed of a ping pong match...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Vicious Crimson Offense Outguns Brown, 35-32 | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...Ping Pong Scoring...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Vicious Crimson Offense Outguns Brown, 35-32 | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

With the beginning of the second half, the ping-pong scoring began in earnest, as Harvard and the Bruins matched touch-downs three times...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Vicious Crimson Offense Outguns Brown, 35-32 | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

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