Spade Preference Prompts Bid Shifts In Four Spades
In a bridge hand East opens with one spade, West shows two suits and prefers spades, South raises to three hearts but must pass. West converts to four spades. North passes. West dumps a club, declarer counts six sure tricks and plays finesse to establish spades and diamonds. A squeeze idea unfolds by trick seven, with discards shaping the outcome and a sequence where the queen and other honors determine whether two of the suit losers can be eliminated.
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East
South
West
North
West Alst
Derogatory Appellation Doughface Origin and Uses
The term doughface, coined by John Randolph of Roanoke, described pliable politicians who yielded to slave power. It targeted northern leaders who supported the Bliss–Be Compromise, branding them as readily pliant. Some suggest a misquote and the form doe-faces, but the original likened yielding officials to dough. James Russell Lowell defined it as a contented kissup among northern politicians.
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John Randolph
Roanoke
Standolph
Randolph
James Russell Lowell
Kansas City Star
No More Leisure in the Steam Age
George Eliot comments on leisure created by the steam engine and declares idleness now seeks amusement through trains museums literature and novels. He contrasts modern seekers of novelty with old Lei gnre who read a single newspaper and avoided constant sensory turnover.
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Leignre
George Eliot
Wade and Barker Face Last Stand in Mexican Outpost
Wade commands a belligerent march to the North Arroyo to trap Barker. Barker struggles as his band slips toward the border, leaving a ruined domain and a broken fortune. Bridget mocks Wade while Go Ahead and Bob vanish with soldiers, forcing a hurried escape plan.
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Barker
Wade
Loboville
Go Ahead
Salf
Arroyo
Bridget
Stelin
War
Qgnd
Eat More Potatoes Urges Danish Scientist at Columbia
New York Dr Mikkel Hindhede a Danish food administrator and scientist urged Americans to eat five times more potatoes noting their 75 percent water content and comparable calories to meat butter and eggs He argued potatoes do not cause obesity and excess vitamin A can hinder disease resistance Hindhede cited Denmark health statistics and displayed lectures on designing adequate potato based diets He spoke at Columbia University and met with officials including Danish Minister Constantin Brun and H W Wiley.
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Mikkel Hindhede
Denmark
Columbia University
Doctor Hindhede
Herbert Hoover
Earth
Dr .Undhede
Europe
Hvndhede
England
Americans
Doctor Hvidhede
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Constantin Brun
United States, Drs H. W. Wiley
Renick W. Duntap
Sane Diet Emphasizes Natural Vitamins Over Supplements
Dietitians argue a well balanced diet provides sufficient vitamins better than reliance on special foods. They note ancestors stayed robust on ordinary wholesome meals and list greens tomatoes egg yolk liver vegetables oils buttercar fat and fruits as vitamin sources including margarine.
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Chicago
Ite
Couldn't Do The Purest Comedy On An Island
Corey Ford recalls a Vanity Fair magazine piece about a white monkey on a Dutch East Indies island failing at a simple driftwood task. The scene plays out with precise, comic physicality as the monkey tests balance then tumbles into the sea, highlighting absurdity in a tropical setting.
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Dutch East Indies
Corey Ford
Vanity Folr Magazine
Describes a property for sale with multiple structures
The listing details a house with rooms upstairs and down, front and back porches, a screened back porch, a summer kitchen, a large light cement floor cellar, a garage, fuel and implement house, a chicken house 17 by 24, feed house 9 by 12, all nearly new. It notes young fruit and shade trees and a splendid location. Terms to suit purchaser. Possession given at once. Apply to
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