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The pressmen at the Times' printing plant asked Sam Zell during last week's visit why the bosses wouldn't let them have a pool table to blow off steam during breaks. The next day, it was being installed.
Added: The Times was too prudish about informing readers which words Sam Zell uses that get attention, Gustavo Arellano writes in a Sunday Opinion Outside the Tent piece.
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