Word: pools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...typical Friday night at Loker, a couple ofstudents sit in the darkened television roomwatching "The Simpsons." Two more are playingnine-ball at one of the pool tables. A few othershuddle in the restaurant-style booths, working oncover letters and problem sets. The coffeehouseand fast food counter closed a half an hourbefore. The e-mail terminals are unoccupied. TheLED light board goes unwatched...
...reason I really want to win is to erase the memory of my junior high pool...
...friend of mine--lets call him "Poindexter"--was running a pool for a group of people back in eighth grade...
...worked. I won the pool. I was the toast of the lunchroom...
...While I wouldn't mind the monetary stipend that would come with winning the pool (note to Harvard College officials, the IRS, et. al.: this is not gambling. This is gaming.), it is not the sole reason I want to be the victor...