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There are two types of plays in Tiddlywinks. One is potting--what laymen usually consider the object of the game--to get the winks in the cup at the center of the playing field. But tactics depend on squopping--immobilizing other players' winks by landing on them. Points are tallied...

Author: By Jeffrey E. Seifert, | Title: Pumping Iron with World-Class Jocks | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

Harvard formed the first tiddlywinks team in the U.S. in 1962. Organized by the staff of the Harvard Gargoyle--a now-defunct humor magazine--it was a premier potting team, well-stocked with players who could are winks gracefully into the cup.

Author: By Jeffrey E. Seifert, | Title: Pumping Iron with World-Class Jocks | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

Crane added that the temporary branch might possibly be located in the University potting studio, which is near the Quad and therefore accessible to Observatory Hill residents.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Harvard May Provide Space For Temporary City Library | 4/4/1979 | See Source »

Almost lost in the corner of one particularly vast floor, a number of tables of plants bask under fluorescent lamps. "The only water-powered African violet farm in the world," MacArthur announces with a mock-grand wave of the hand to introduce the domain of Cliff Shafer. A big, soft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: A Crank for All Seasons | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

The Mudflat Pottery School, a non-profit organization located in Kendall Square, will be offering courses in potting during the summer at dirt cheap prices. Harvard's pottery studio is closed for the summer, so if you're looking for some place to do your clay work, call 354-9626...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GALLERIES | 7/5/1974 | See Source »

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