1.   He had decided to leave his job in global securities at Chase Manhattan and open a billiard parlor in Queens.

2.   His own business, a small club and billiard parlor with two tables, has been wrecked.

3.   Lawrence Howard stares straight ahead, his brow furrowed in the intense concentration common to billiard parlors.

4.   Most were trapped inside a second-floor bar and a billiard parlor on the third floor, police said.

5.   Smoking is a no-no in restaurants, supermarkets, department stores, museums, billiard parlors, public toilets, libraries, indoor sports arenas and other public halls.