Word: zanzibar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gangji did not see a tennis court until he was 11. They were not in abundance on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of East Africa, where he was born. He first took racquet in hand when sent to the Prince of Wales boarding school in Nairobi. But field hockey was his sport at the University of London, where he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry. Gangji first sat in an umpire's chair 20 years ago, when he was drafted for a match at his London club...
...about the Cabot House formal incorrectly reported that all proceeds were misplaced. Actually, only proceeds collected the night of the formal were found missing. House committee officials also say the formal was not the most successful in house history, as reported, and that the misplaced cashbox was given to Zanzibar club management, not to employees...
...Zanzibar offered us another date on the house,throwing in free food (read: cheapskates need nottake date out to dinner)...effectively acceptingresponsibility," the letter says...
...Zanzibar lost our cash box, in spite of theimmense competence of the three present housecommittee members who left it with the Zanzibarmanagement (Mistake #1) and then forgot to bringit home that night (Mistake #2)," the letter says...
...Zanzibar did not refund the $1100 that housecommittee members said was in the cash box, butthe club agreed to hold another formal in thefuture at no cost to the house, according to theletter...