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...There was a billiard table on the second floor," Green says. "There weren't that many girls around at that time, so we were a bit of a novelty...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Counterculture City Catered to College Students | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...soon began leaking word of his invention to other chemists. In 1909 Baekeland unveiled the world's first fully synthetic plastic at a meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society. Would-be customers discovered it could be fashioned into molded insulation, valve parts, pipe stems, billiard balls, knobs, buttons, knife handles and all manner of items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chemist LEO BAEKELAND | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...throats were parched from the singing, so we strolled over to one of the many bar areas of Good Time. Crossing the room, we passed by endless billiard tables; they were crowded with goofy, lanky, balding men rather than with hustling pool sharks. Keno machines dotted the horizon as we neared the bar, and the masses of people suddenly became denser as we tunneled our way through double-fisted beer mugs. Once at the bar, luck had it that all the drunken sketchballs in the vicinity spiraled toward our seating area. I turned to my friend who was unaware...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: Fun Fun Fun: A Trip to the Good Time Emporium | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...throats were parched from the singing, so we strolled over to one of the many bar areas of Good Time. Crossing the room, we passed by endless billiard tables; they were crowded with goofy, lanky, balding men rather than with hustling pool sharks. Keno machines dotted the horizon as we neared the bar, and the masses of people suddenly became denser as we tunneled our way through double-fisted beer mugs. Once at the bar, luck had it that all the drunken sketchballs in the vicinity spiraled toward our seating area. I turned to my friend who was unaware...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: IN THE MEANTIME | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...have a signature event," Rod is saying as he serves up drinks at the Rock Creek Lodge, a joint that has billiard tables, slot machines and a 5-ft.-tall wooden bull. It is the kind of place where you might expect to see Harry Dean Stanton in an argument with Marjoe Gortner over an eight-ball combination, a knife fight breaks out, and no one remembers either the assailants or the victims as quiet and normal. "I don't care if it's maggot races," Lincoln says. "You have to have something...

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

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