In fact, Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the majority leader, in an appearance on PBS's "Newshour" today, even accused liberal groups of trying a "snooker shot" against Mr. Ashcroft, saying, "What they're aiming for is to try to say to President Bush, Don't send us a conservative nominee to the Supreme Court, which he will do".
The Irishman, 49, met 64-year-old Chan at a charity night at which they sang and played snooker trick shots.
And while I'm at it, can we make the drop goal less of – as snooker players say – "a shot to nothing".
Allen took the second frame, but after both players had missed easy pots, Fu took the third with a break of 73 and went into the break level after he played an inch-perfect shot to snooker his opponent.
He caused controversy in the fifth frame after placing a chalk on the table to line up a shot, breaking snooker rules, but was not reprimanded by the referee.
Camilleri should have called a foul when O'Sullivan placed his chalk on the table to line up a shot, as snooker rules state a seven-point penalty will be awarded to the opponent if a player 'uses any object to measure gaps or distance'.
World number one Neil Robertson uses a trick shot to escape a snooker and pot a red via a plant, during his quarter-final match against Judd Trump.
Perry's shot to escape a snooker missed all the reds on the table, before his second attempt resulted in a fluked pot.
The production has also sensibly recruited professional snooker player John Astley, who pots dazzling shots to order.
BBC Sport looks back at the best shots of the 2014 World Snooker Championship at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
There were fourteen events – archery, dartchery, javelin throw, precision javelin, club throw, shot putt, swimming, weightlifting, pentathlon, fencing, snooker, basketball and table tennis.
