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Timeline: Video Games, Part I

Part I: Early Years by Amanda Kudler 1958 1961 1965 1970 1972 Next: 1975-1984 1958 Physicist Willy Higinbotham invents the first "video game" at the…

Lewis Carroll: A Game of Fives

A Game of FivesFive little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One: Rolling on the hearthrug, full of tricks and fun.Five rosy girls, in years from Ten to Six: Sitting down to lessons—no more…

Two Can Play That Game

Director/Writer:Mark BrownScreen Gems; R; 90 minutesRelease:9/01Cast:Vivica Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson Two Can Play That Game takes place in a near-mythic, near-perfect L.A. where…

Summer Games Highlights: 2008

Day-to-day news from Beijing by Liz Olson, Mark Hughes, Chris Warner, and Beth Rowen Top Medal Count*United States: 110China: 100Russia: 72 Friday, Aug. 8 The 2008 Summer Games…

Sites of the Modern Olympic Games

Related Links 2012 Summer OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsSummer Olympics Through The Years HistoryAll-Time…

Brewer's: Close-time for Game

(See Sporting Seasons.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CloshClose Rolls A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Game-Winning Goals in Overtime

A total of 219 games were tied after regulation during the 1997-98 regular season, with 54 being resolved in overtime. Teams play one five-minute overtime period during the regular season…

1999 Pan-American Games

(Aug. 2-7 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN) Since bowling has yet to achieve full-medal Olympic status, every four years since 1983 the Pan-American Games has served as the largest international…

XIII Pan American Games

The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 23-Aug. 8, 1999. More than 5,000 athletes from 42 countries in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean…

Brewer's: Game is not worth the Candle

(The). The effort is not worth making; the result will not pay for the trouble. (See Candle.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Game's AfootGame for a Spree A…