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bowls
Bowling game similar to the Italian boccie and the French boules played on a green with wooden balls (called bowls) that are rolled at a target ball (the jack). The object is to roll one's bowls so that they come to rest nearer to the jack than those of an opponent, sometimes achieved by knocking aside an opponent's bowl or jack. One point is awarded for each winning bowl. Depending on the game, players use four, three, or two bowls, and games end at 18 or 21 points.


Bowles
U.S. advertising executive and diplomat. Born in Springfield, Mass., he graduated from Yale Univ. In 1929 he and W. Benton established the Benton and Bowles advertising company, which became one of the largest in the world. After selling his interest in 1941, Bowles served as director of the Federal Price Administration 1943-46. Elected governor of Connecticut in 1948, he was defeated in 1950 because of his liberal stand on civil rights. He was ambassador to India 1951-53, served in the U.S. House of Representatives 1953-61, and returned to India as ambassador 1963-69.


bowling
Game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a long, narrow lane to knock down a group of 10 wooden objects (called pins). Versions of the game have existed since ancient times. Ninepin bowling was brought to the U.S. in the 17th cent. by Dutch settlers; it became so popular and so associated with gambling that it was outlawed in several states. According to legend, a tenth pin was added in the 18th cent. to circumvent such laws. The game grew to enormous popularity in the 20th cent., both as a recreational activity and (since 1958) as a professional sport. Each game is divided into 10 frames, and each player is allowed to deliver up to two balls per frame. If all the pins are knocked down on the first ball, a strike is recorded (10 points). If pins remain standing, and the second ball knocks them down, the player is awarded a spare (10 points). If a strike is thrown in a frame, the number of pins knocked down by the next two balls bowled count in that frame. After a spare, the score of the next ball counts in the spare's frame. Thus, the maximum point total for a single frame is 30. A perfect score is 300, or 12 strikes in a row. Versions of the game include candlepins, duckpins, and skittles.


cowslip
Any of several flowering plants, incl. (chiefly in British usage) the wild primrose (Primula veris) and (in U.S. usage) the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris).P. veris, once so abundant that it was used freely to make cowslip wine, is now much less common. Both P. veris and C. palustris are used in herbal remedies.


Kowloon
Peninsula on the Chinese mainland, north of Hong Kong. It is 3 sq mi (8 sq km) in area. An industrial and tourist center, it is administratively part of Hong Kong. The city of Kowloon (pop., 1991: 1,975,000) extends north into the New Territories and includes New Kowloon and Kowloon City. An ...

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