Word: roache
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...little girl sat around the checkerboard. Theirs is a world in which every boy matures to master small motors, to understand the importance of the cotter pin. The importance of the old 14th, however, is an acquired taste Burroughs has not acquired, and Roach has. Burroughs began to walk away, then sighed, sat down and made a move...
...board is green and white floor tile, inlaid into the table. Green and white are what they use in championship play, Roach has explained. "You stare at a red and white board for four hours, and you'll go blind. I don't know why they still sell red and white boards in dime stores." His checkers are red and butterscotch, instead of red and black, because "black is nauseating...
Burroughs commenced another move. Roach said, "That's a loser. You're off your feed today...
Burroughs moved the chair back and took another tack. Two minutes and 20 seconds later, Roach said, "King me." Burroughs said, "You always do this." Roach said, "I've got seven men now, and I'll have seven when this game is over...
Burroughs went down, from start to finish, in five minutes and 20 seconds (Roach's longest game was six hours, ending in a draw). "You skinned me again," said Burroughs, rising to leave...