Word: pong
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would also appreciate: . two-way mirrors . inflatable Moonwalk . inflatable e-mail kiosks . inflatable ping pong table . red line T stop . shrinky-dinks station, complete with stove . Lester Lanin . astroturf . petting zoo . jumbo floor-mat keyboard . lasers, all kinds . methadone...
...still speed through our minutiae. No more blaming our short attention spans on Sesame Street. Datesite is convenient. Here are some names--find me a date while I dash off for more Jolt and recharge my cell phone. Hand over the remote control and bring on the Ping Pong Network...
...Bennahum found solace in video games. Intensely lonely as an American growing up in France as a young child, his first taste with video games came as he vacationed in the French Alps with his family in 1973. Suffering from a sprained ankle, he discovered a new game called "Pong" in the hotel bar, and was mesmerized by it. "Who or what controlled my opponent's movements? What were the rules governing the flight of that square shuttlecock?" The reader can really feel how important finding a niche was to him through the simple yet emotional description of this discovery...
...Even ping pong," adds Lalli. The group cheered at the suggestion of an N64 FIFA intramural. But, according to Reiss, "No one on campus is as good as us. But if they want to, come play us at Moors 404. We'll be here...
...table-tennis champ who paddled his best point off the court: in 1971 he landed the U.S. team an invitation to play in China, paving the way for Nixon's historic visit the next year; in his native Cardiff, Wales. A cutthroat competitor, Evans bristled at the term Ping-Pong diplomacy (he considered Ping-Pong an "awful" name) and, in fact, was disappointed in the storied match, grumbling that the Chinese gave away points...