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2. Baize - Wikipedia

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   "Let's get the boys on the baize!" has been a catchphrase of BBC TV snooker presenter Rob Walker since 2008. [3]At one time, "the green baize door" (a door to which cloth had been tacked to deaden noise) in a house separated the servants' quarters from the family's living quarters; [4] hence the phrase's usage as a metonym for domestic service.

3. Comparison of cue sports - Wikipedia

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   Pool, also called "pocket billiards", is a form of billiards usually equipped with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls), played on a pool table with six pockets built into the rails, splitting the cushions. The pockets (one at each corner, and one in the center of each long rail) provide targets (or in some cases, hazards) for ...

4. Billiard table - Wikipedia

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   The profile of the rail cushion, which is the cushion's angle in relation to the bed of the table, varies between table types. The standard on American pool tables is the K-66 profile, which as defined by the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) has a base of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 inches (30 mm) and a nose height of 1 inch (25 mm). [3]

5. Cue sports - Wikipedia

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   Carom billiards tables are typically 10 feet (3.0 m). Regulation pool tables are 9-foot (2.7 m), though pubs and other establishments catering to casual play will typically use 7-foot (2.1 m) tables which are often coin-operated, nicknamed bar boxes. Formerly, ten-foot pool tables were common, but such tables are now considered antiques.

6. Carom billiards - Wikipedia

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   The billiard table used for carom billiards is a pocketless version and is typically 3.0 by 1.5 metres (10 ft × 5 ft). [ 5 ] Most cloth made for carom billiard tables is a type of baize that is typically dyed green and is made from 100% worsted wool with no nap , which provides a very fast surface allowing the balls to travel with little ...

7. How Bill Belichick became UNC’s football coach: Inside the ...

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   It was real. It was happening. Bill Belichick, UNC head football coach.. It still felt surreal, a day after the news broke on Wednesday night, when Belichick walked into a ballroom in UNC’s ...