Search results for "Games" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Games. Rich and allusive in style, they ... ::But, my heart, would you chant the glory of games, :look no farther ...
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  • have played more than 20,000 exhibition games in 118 countries. ... the Harlem Globetrotters only lost two more games in the next 38 years (12 ...
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  • social organization based on a theory of games of strategy, as explained ... ==Representation of games== The games studied by game theory are well ...
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  • and lawn bowling, are still popular games around the world. ... was, undoubtedly, one of the more popular games brought to the British colonies ...
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  • C.E. In the classical era, the Panhellenic Games were held throughout Europe ... 1866, held the first English championship games for unpaid "gentlemen ...
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  • # (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red ... # (in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set ...
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  • winning six consecutive World Series games. He also won 20 regular season ... years later the 6'2" Gomez won 21 games for the Yankees with the ...
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  • be understood as a series of 'language games', in which it is a mistake ... the question of why and how all kinds of games are called "games." ...
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  • Poker is a popular card game, or group of card games, in which players compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player& ...
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  • were created for expert players, beginning games in a seemingly random manner. ... random from a set of accepted openings. Two games are played with the chosen ...
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  • Miller spent 13 years at Wichita State (WSU), winning 255 games, earning ... roster for the Shockers won a school-record 27 games. Miller's ...
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  • for broadcasting 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, ... Hearn's streak of 3,338 consecutive Lakers games came to an end ...
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  • with 31 touchdowns and 3,362 yards in only 20 games. Less than a week ... touchdowns against Nebraska. In seven games as a sophomore he ran for ...
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  • as Koreans; they participated in the games as a member of the Japanese ... *Large, David Clay. 2007. Nazi games the Olympics of 1936. New York: ...
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  • that his team had won more than 100 straight games. The game was played ... the struggling NBA with doubleheader games featuring his Harlem Globetrotters ...
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  • # (video games, chiefly online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular ...
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  • he threw touchdown passes in 47 consecutive games, considered by many to be ... still excelled. One of the most memorable games of the season came in a 59 ...
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  • === Video games === The same concept of flow is used in video games. After mastering the ...
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  • mainly to the Yankees, often attending games at Yankee Stadium with his ... 1958. Ford pitched two consecutive one-hit games in 1955, to tie a record ...
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  • Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent ... After the games he had difficulty making a living and became a sports ...
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