Tjan says he learned this question was essential while hiring for his Boston venture firm, Cue Ball.

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The goal will be to hit the cue ball one time and have all the balls go in the pocket.

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The notoriously nervy Holt looked to have lost the plot when he careered the cue ball off a cushion into the pack of reds at high speed.

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Richard Harrington, former chief executive of Thomson Corp. and now chairman of venture capital firm Cue Ball , helped Bench produce a business plan and cash-flow projection and acted as a sounding board.

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She gave him tips about wrist action, momentum, angles of incidence, about which part of the cue ball to hit when, and about the need to care just enough that you noticed you cared, but no more than that.

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Ma-Kalambay bounded off his line but failed to make contact with the ball as Smith arrived on cue to plant a firm header into the net from 12 yards and hand Orient a shock lead.

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Unless, of course, you believe the only thing that will stop a bad guy with a billiards cue is a good guy with a Wiffle ball bat.

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