By now Harmony could see that most of the adults in the train were winded and resting, or else siphoned off from the games by the challenging lure of the great cliff towering above them.

The games were over, this was life.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

It was late, we were playing kissing games, and Jessica and I were called on to kiss in front of the others.

In this connection, it might be noted that the theory of games was a mathematical discovery long before its uses in political science were exploited.

This was typical of such games, which were earnestly played to win and practically never wound up in an expression of good fellowship.

As the twenties grew older, and as radio broadcasts of baseball games began to involve more and more people daily in the doings of the professionals, the great hitters ( always led by Babe Ruth ) overshadowed the game so that pitchers were nearly of no account.

In some cities games were broadcast throughout the week and then on weekends the announcer was silenced, and fans must needs drive to the city from all the broadcast area to discover how their heroes were faring.

The questions women asked at baseball games were standard grist for amateur comedy, as were the doings of women automobile drivers ; ;

The Texans have two more road games -- at Buffalo and Houston -- before they play for the home folks again, and it looks as if coach Hank Stram's men will meet the Bills just as they are developing into the kind of team they were expected to be in pre-season reckonings.

The last couple of years the Bears management got the business from the `` Living Room Athletic Club '' when games were cut off.

Atari had been in the process of manufacturing another vector game, Lunar Lander, but demand for Asteroids was so high " that several hundred Asteroids games were shipped in Lunar Lander cabinets.

Like many games of its time, Asteroids contains several bugs that were mostly the result of the original programmers underestimating the game's popularity or the skill of its players.

During World II the winter games were canceled but after that time the Winter Games have been held in St. Moritz ( 1948 ), Innsbruck, Austria ( 1964 and 1976 ), Grenoble, France, ( 1968 ), Albertville, France, ( 1992 ), and Torino, Italy, ( 2006 ).

The 1890s games were more closely fought, Australia taking their first series win since 1882 with a 2 – 1 victory in 1891 – 92.

The publishing rights to the Amber DRPG games were acquired in 2004 by Guardians of Order, who took over sales of the game and announced their intention to release a new edition of the game.

The following year he was put in charge of the Greek games that were staged in honor of the Temple of Venus Genetrix, built by Julius Caesar.

* They were given the rights of the Vestal Virgins like the freedom to view public games from the upper seats in the stadium.

Spolin felt that playing games were good exercises and can benefit in future acting.

Despite this all of the games released on ROM were packaged as ' serial ROMS ', from which the micro would load programs into main memory in exactly the same way as if it were loading from tape.

Although not as well supported by the biggest software publishers as rivals like the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a good range of games were available for the Electron.

The failure of Merrily greatly affected Sondheim ; he was ready to quit theatre and do movies or create video games or write mysteries.

In Germany, comedic theatre performances and events which include public dancing are illegal on the day ( although this restriction is enforced unevenly ); cinemas and television are not affected, although many TV channels show religious material on the day ; sports events are prohibited ( e. g. the usual Friday soccer games are played on Thursday ).

The death of Lord British in the Ultima games is something people remember and are affected by.

The Sounds were further affected by weather when Hurricane Gustav forced the cancellation of the last three games of their season against the New Orleans Zephyrs.

Recently notable, the repetitive movements while using the controller of video games, has coned the name " Game-Boy Thumb " or from texting " texting tendonitis " when the thumb if affected.

He played in 37 games, but however, his long absence had affected his play.

Financially, the Leeds trouble affected the club for more than a decade, as Bournemouth were prevented by local police from staging home games on Bank Holidays ( traditionally a popular day for football ) until a game against Shrewsbury Town on 21 April 2003.

Virtual reality computer games where each eye receives different signals of the virtual world that the player's brain must combine in order to successfully play the game have shown some promise in improving both monocularity in the affected eye as well as binocularity.

He continued to receive abuse from crowds at away matches, which affected his concentration in some of his early games ; in December 1949, he conceded seven goals at Derby County.

He skipped the UK Championship to play in the Asian games ( winning two medals there ), and, largely due to the fact that he was affected by a virus, was unable to repeat his World Championship form of the previous year, losing 3 – 10 to Anthony Hamilton in the first round, a defeat that saw Fu start the 2007 / 2008 season ranked 27th in the world – a drop of five places.

Films, video games, radio shows, software ( and hardware ) and other formats are affected by the audience and its reviews and recommendations.

Stock prices are usually also affected by actions in the stock round, and some games have other mechanisms that affect the stock price.

He put down his spate of errors to an overindulgence in playing computer games that in turn affected his concentration.

The Troubles in Northern Ireland had affected the British Home Championship before, with things turning so hostile that Northern Ireland often had to play their ' home ' games in Liverpool or Glasgow.

He started the 1997 – 98 season with the Oilers as well, but only played 7 games due to illness – an inner-ear virus that affected his balance, thus ending his playing career.

In the 2002-03 season Dinamo was affected again by the players who left the team, with it becoming a tradition for the leaders of the club to sell players after winning a title, losing the games in the UEFA Champions League and having a hard time in Divizia A. Dinamo changed a lot of managers and lost 7 consecutive games.

In the latter half of the 1976-77 NHL season, Gillies was named team captain ; however, in spite of Gillies ' articulate speaking manner and amiable nature, he never felt completely comfortable as team captain and it affected his play adversely in big games.

He sprained his wrist in spring training of 2003 and kept playing in 55 games until the muscles in his right hand affected his ability to swing the bat.

The internal cartage adapter can be removed from affected copies of the game and used to play other Japanese Famicom games on the NES.

Waves are completely random and are affected by the weather, making for a different experience from that of most other games in the racing genre, such as the PlayStation 2's Splashdown.

Difficulty selection is not always presented bluntly, particularly in competitive games where all players are affected equally and the standard " easy / hard " terminology no longer applies.

Currie captained Rangers in the 1982 FA Cup Final replay, but his career was badly affected by injuries and, after 5 goals in 81 games, he dropped out of league football and into semi-retirement from the game.

After retiring from football in 1972, Hunt joined his family's haulage company and in 1975 became a sitting member of the pools panel, who predict the results of games affected due to adverse weather in order for pools participants to be still able to win the prizes available.