Word: pinging
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...said, "Let there be Ping Pong." And there was Ping Pong but He saw that it was not good. He had no one to play with. Although this made winning much easier, it was no fun having to chase after the ball following every shot...
Pong's importance in history has not diminished since that day. For instance, the inventor of the pen, an avid pong player who employed the pen-holder grip, named his new invention after this grip when he realized a pen is held just like a ping pong paddle. More recently ping pong diplomacy has opened the door to improved relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China...
...despite its importance in international relations, the Government Department offers no courses on ping pong. The Department of Athletics offered such classes last year for novices but they were discontinued this year because the department perceived a "lack of interest," Terry Maskin '77, captain of the Harvard ping pong team, said last week...
...Ping pong team practices, held Wednesday nights at Currier House, are now the only opportunity people have to play pong at Harvard. But beginners "feel out of place" at team practices, Maskin says, because Harvard's best players are present...
This year, for the first time in the team's existence, the department gave it some financial backing--$100 for the purchase of two tournament-quality ping pong tables--an amount matched by the master and House committee of Currier House, where the tables are located...