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...desire to rebel and deceive. Children grow up watching their parents drink wine at the dinner table and beer in front of the television, so they are exposed to responsible drinkers from a very early age. In Spain, singing and dancing take the place of keg stands and beer pong...

Author: By Nicholas F. B. smyth, | Title: Drinking, European Style | 10/2/2002 | See Source »

Jordan basement was the site of many a late-night—and pre-dinner—beer pong tournament and several kick-ass parties. My senior year spent in Jordan was truly the best time of my life and I was saddened to learn of its renovation...

Author: By David J. Posner, | Title: A Paean to Old Jordan | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

...from below, seem hypnotized by consoles decorated with intergalactic centipedes. On the screens, a bear fights with waltzing trees and chorus lines of space jellyfish advance, firing from the hip. Videogames have reached their fourth decade, and the Game On exhibition traces their development from the simple tennis contest Pong to cinematic role-playing games like Final Fantasy. But the show is not just a timeline of game genres and chip development (plus a chance to play Tomb Raider), it also tries to make you think. "Game On" - which runs at London's Barbican Centre throughout the summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter the Funhouse | 7/28/2002 | See Source »

...training. Anointed a three-star general and head of the Mangla army base, located at the most sensitive stretch of the Line of Control dividing Kashmir, he was famous for speeding through work by 2 p.m. so he could spend the rest of the day sailing and playing Ping-Pong, tennis or squash with the men. "There wasn't a game he couldn't learn," says Major General Rashid Qureshi, who served with Musharraf and is his official spokesman. "We found him everywhere the troops were." It's a refrain you hear often in military circles: Musharraf was excellent with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should This Man Be Smiling? | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...only all-nighter I ever pulled at Harvard was with Bill,” Sethna fondly recalls. “We played pong and computer chess all night at the computer facility on one of the older computers that had been put aside for just that purpose...

Author: By Nicholas F. Josefowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Friends Remember Gates’ Genius, Poker Playing | 6/4/2002 | See Source »

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