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Better at Ping-Pong...
...YOUNG fellow got up and explained that his ping-pong game had improved. Certainly, came the reply. One's coordination frequently got better...
...large, bony fingers and rolling his eyes, Tiny Tim skips onstage like Bea Lillie in drag: shoulder-length locks, tattersall sports jacket decorated with a sheriff's badge, plaid shirt and orange socks. He always carries a copy of the New Testament and lugs a soiled brown shop ping bag in which he always keeps such talismans as a dime-store compact (he uses pale Elizabeth Arden foundation makeup), two notebooks containing the lyrics of 500 songs, and, of course, his "dear, sweet" ukulele...
...clear a path for commercial ship ping in the Arctic, conventional ice breakers ride up on the ice and break it downward. The technique has limitations. Forcing the ice down against water resistance reduces the efficiency of even the world's most powerful ice breakers. And broken chunks bob up astern, where they may damage cargo vessels that follow. Often the icebreakers are halted when pressure and friction from trapped floating chunks form a vise along their sides. Now a Canadian inventor, Scott Alexander, 55, has developed a new device that breaks ice upward. The new present seagoing...
Cohen uses a ping-pong style which includes soft, base-line Jobs and tricky underhand serves. Oxford showed exceptional patience throughout the match. When his overhead finally found its range, he overwhelmed Cohen and pulled...