Word: pong
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...basement of the Ripken household, by then in Aberdeen, Maryland. Says Vi Ripken, the matriarch of the Ripken clan (daughter Ellen, sons Cal Jr., Fred and Billy): "I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard 'Just one more game, Mom.' The kids would be playing Ping-Pong in the basement, and it was always a struggle to get them to come upstairs for dinner, and even more of a struggle to get them to go to bed. Nobody liked to end the night on a loss, especially Junior. 'Just one more game...
...club also invested in a ping-pong playing robot, the NEWGI 2000, to help improve its competitiveness. The technology will allow club members to get quality practice even when the entire club is not meeting...
...ridiculous to ask just what is going on here. After all, Michael Jordan, no matter how skilled, is still only one basketball player. Can he really make that much of a difference? Should he even be allowed to bounce back and forth between sports like a ping-pong ball, until he finds a level that can satisfy his competitive needs...
Other upcoming Leverett events include the house "Dating Game," scheduled for November 7, and the "Lizard Show," a talent show modeled after "Saturday Night Live," on December 14. The house is also pricing ping-pong tables to replace the current one, which is broken...
...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...