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...really important feature of the game of Bowling on the Green had been mentioned. What makes it a real game, and a scientific one, is the fact that the balls are not perfectly round and in addition, I believe, are weighted so that it is possible to make them roll on the green with a curve either from left to right, or right to left, exactly as is done with curling stones in the game of curling, although of course in the latter game the ability to curve the stones does not come from the fact that the stones...
...were sustained in a brawl outside a pub; and a tipsy woman in high-heeled boots who hurt her ankle on a cobblestone walkway. It's a typical Friday night in the center of Nottingham, a city of 267,000 in middle England where on weekends 50,000 people roll up to more than 350 establishments licensed to sell alcohol - all within a few blocks. Licensing authorities allow 70% of the area's pubs, clubs and bars to serve drinks after the 11 p.m. state-mandated closing time - as late as 2 a.m. in some cases. Under laws in place...
...allowed his social and cultural curiosity fairly free rein. The young host would acknowledge that he attended the opera (his favorite: Giordano's Andrea Chenier). He booked serious authors to fill the last 15 mins. of his then-90-min. broadcast. His musical guests eschewed rock 'n roll; they included crooners, opera tenors and sopranos, lots of jazz men, both in the spotlight (Joe Williams must have sung Every Day I Have the Blues 40 times in those days) and on the bandstand, which was stocked with some of the best mainstream jazz musicians. Like Hugh Hefner, another essential taste...
...when travel and real estate services giant Cendant bought Orbitz late last year. His first international step will be letting customers use foreign credit cards to book online, especially Europeans eager to travel to the U.S. because of the weak dollar. Sands also plans to roll out foreign-language sites and use Cendant's long-standing relationships with hotels and time shares overseas to give Americans more options. --By Barbara Kiviat
...stronger of the new records is Wide Awake, which is mostly acoustic songs sung in Oberst's quivering man-child breaths. On his previous albums, Oberst reached impatiently for any instrument lying around the studio (one track opened with him asking, "Can I get a goddamn timpani roll?"). Here he picks his sounds carefully to offset the intensity of his voice and material. On the rousing opener, At the Bottom of Everything, a mandolin clips jauntily away while he crows, "We must blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole/ We must memorize nine numbers and deny...