Blackwood on Bridge and the Meek Effect
Mr Meek is the tightest bidder in bridge, makes opponents adjust. Mr Dale avoids forcing three notrump on round two, wary Meek’s potential hands. Pressing cards to compensate can trigger Meek’s conservatism and end bidding. Dale plays carefully to reach today’s contract.
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MR. Meek
Dale
Annual Bloomer Tells The Time annual bloomers rare cactus spectacle
In California and Arkansas and other scattered notes a wry collection of items unfolds. A San Bernardino couple describe a cactus that blooms once yearly for a few hours starting about 6 pm, then fades by midnight. A Dowling story in De Queen recounts clearing books with a penny check from Dierks Lumber Co. and a card game tale closes the page with a diamond spade flourish.
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Calif
Dequeen, Ark
Pit
Dierks Lumber Co
Opening Lead Queen of Spades in Family Car Card
Absent coherent narrative the fragment mentions an opening lead Queen of Spades in a card game titled The Family Car. Other bits show names and stray strings, but no clear event date place or organization.
WISHING WELL puzzle message from 184 William Ribet
A fragmented game instruction asks players to count letters in a first name, adjust by rules to produce a key number, then read letters under checked figures from a rectangle grid. It appears as a feature item with partial names and a cryptic fortune mechanism.
Advice on early romance from Dear Miss Woodward
A reader seeks guidance on how to handle crushes at a young age. The column counsels keeping privacy, inviting the boy to the home, avoiding girlfriends as go-betweens, and building confidence to initiate conversation. It notes gossip around school as a nuisance and urges direct, gentle contact.
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Reece
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