Sentences with phrase «of gamesters»
Thereupon follows the lottery selection of the gamesters (rigged, of course), the train trip to the capital, the ceremonies, the dinners, the training, the public TV interviews.
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In a satirical magazine launched in 1721, the school's self - appointed jester sneered, «I have known a profligate debauchee chosen professor of moral philosophy; and a fellow, who never look'd upon the stars soberly in his life, professor of astronomy... and, not long ago, a famous gamester and stock - jobber was elected professor of divinity; so great, it seems, is the analogy between dusting of cushions, and shaking of elbows; or between squandering away of estates, and saving of souls!»
It is not uncommon to run into people who subscribed solely because of the mathematical gamester, a realization not lost on the magazine's caretakers when he resigned in 1981.
This past summer saw national news coverage trumpeting the popularity of Pokémon Go, as participants ran around attempting to capture Zubats, Lickitungs, and the like (at least gamesters were outside, getting some fresh air).