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At present the nearest real bond between American and Filipino is baseball -- "playball" the Filipinos call it, having learned to associate these words with it from the enthusiastic shouts of American onlookers.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

In that way Obama has put the Republicans in a box, they can either playball or give Obama a strong argument against them.

Think Progress » Schumer reaches out to Dobbs on immigration. 2010

I would like to take out a loan based on the value of my house in some possible future, but I think that few investors will be willing to playball...

The Volokh Conspiracy » Breaking: Sarbanes-Oxley to the Supremes: 2009

Now he was the master of circumstance, not its playball.

The Way Home 2003

De Graaf said the federation would never be the political playball of far-leftist elements, which were more interested in political ideologies than "the issue around which everything centres".

ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

It tells the story of Bear's demise from the inside, and insists that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson may have born a grudge against Bear Stearns stemming back from Bear's refusal to playball when Wall Street organized to bail-out Long Term Capital Management.

Dealbreaker 2009

It tells the story of Bear's demise from the inside, and insists that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson may have born a grudge against Bear Stearns stemming back from Bear's refusal to playball when Wall Street organized to bail-out Long Term Capital Management.

Dealbreaker 2009

Mr. Brooks himself no conservative said when he started this study he expected to find the complete opposite. playball wrote on May 15, 2009 5: 54 PM:

unknown title 2009

It tells the story of Bear's demise from the inside, and insists that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson may have born a grudge against Bear Stearns stemming back from Bear's refusal to playball when Wall Street organized to bail-out Long Term Capital Management.

Dealbreaker 2009

It tells the story of Bear's demise from the inside, and insists that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson may have born a grudge against Bear Stearns stemming back from Bear's refusal to playball when Wall Street organized to bail-out Long Term Capital Management.

Dealbreaker 2009