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...Connell’s Poolroom, Samad and Archie’s home away from home, represents the new Britain; neither Irish nor a poolroom, it’s owned by Abdul-Mickey, an Arab with bad skin whose family names “all sons Abdul to teach them the vanity of assuming higher status than any other man, which was all very well and good but tended to cause confusion in the formative years.” Abdul-Mikey adds the second­—English—name as a sort of qualifier for the first...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Towards a Post-National Novel | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...judged the last Miss Resaca pageant they had," says Zack, who owns a company that supplies raw materials to the 171 carpet manufacturers in Georgia. He's showing us the pictures in the poolroom out at his spread, which looks like J.R. Ewing's ranch. Zack says he's thinking about turning the front acreage into a landing strip for his Piper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

While not part of the original structure of Leavitt and Pierce, the loft has its own history. Originally, L&P had a back-room for men to play pool and smoke cigars. However, because of the popularity of the poolroom, it was necessary to expand it to a room upstairs. The loft area is the former balcony which lead to that poolroom upstairs. When the poolroom was eliminated years later, the balcony was kept as a place for patrons to enjoy their cigars and play chess...

Author: By Ethan Nasr, | Title: Where There's Smoke... | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

...bowling alley, take aerobics classes at the gym, and borrow videotapes from a library. Recent social events included a chili-cooking contest and an amateur comedy night. Even at the South Pole Station, home to no more than 90 hardy workers, there is an exercise room, a sauna, a poolroom and a library equipped with wide- screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Antarctica | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...pictures for an additional paycheck in the uptown neighborhood of $ 15 million. His first project, The Charlie Parker Story, based on the life of the great jazz saxophonist, is due to start shooting in October. It will be followed by Double Whoopee, reuniting Pryor with Funnyman Gene Wilder. The poolroom "stroker from Peoria," as he used to call himself, is finally in a perfect position to run the table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Record: Jun. 6, 1983 | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

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