Breathing room in six heart contract hinges on opening lead
Bridge analysis explains how the opening queen of spades lead creates a safety margin for declarer. With 12 tricks total, sacrificing a trick can help reach slam. The plan uses diamonds to establish extra winners and reach dummy, timing trump ruffs to force the final diamond tricks. If West had led clubs, declarer could not risk giving away a cheap diamond trick and would instead seek an even split in diamonds.
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Declarer
West
Phidian Art Club opens 1989 writing contest in Dixon area
The Phidian Art Club launches a writer's contest open to professionals and nonprofessionals within 35 miles of Dixon, ages 17 by March 15, 1989. Entries must be original, unpublished, typed, double spaced, with cover sheets and word counts. categories include Fiction Non Fiction and Poetry with specific word limits. Prize money totals per category are 25 15 and 10 with a 3 entry fee, postmarked by March 15 1989. winners announce May 2 1989 and awards ceremony in May.
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The
Phidian Art Club
Dixon
Loveland
Nancy Gillfillan
Doris Isgiig
c/o
Dixon Public Library
S. Hennepin Ave
Dixon, Ill
Gillfillan
Two Newborn Sons Reported in Franklin Grove and River Grove
Franklin Grove welcomed a son born October 31 at 1 03 p.m. in Rockford Memorial Hospital. Zachary Russell weighed seven pounds six ounces and measured 19.4 inches. River Grove reported a son born November 4 at 2 33 p.m. in Foster McGaw Hospital. Ryan Collaer weighed seven pounds four ounces and measured 19 inches.
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Franklin Grove
Larry
Patricia) Smith
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Zachary Russell
James O'Brien
Russell Smith
Polo
Gladys Foreman
River Grove
Richard Ruffini
Foster McGaw Hospital
Ryan Collaer
Glenn Collaer
Oregon
Dixon
Sadie Nelson
Green Bay
Wis
Oak
Public Timing Nonfiction and Biographies in New Releases
A roundup of new books features The Peter Lawford Story by Patricia S Lawford detailing the actor's chaotic life and Kennedys ties, Beyond Reagan by Jerry Hagstrom examining the political landscape, Divorcing by Melvin Belli and Mel Krantzler offering breakup guidance, and more. Other titles include The Bird Feeder Book by Donald and Lillian Stokes, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Marilyn's Daughter by John Rechy, The Med by David Poyer, Promises to Keep about Dallas 1963, Marianne by George Sand, and New Mystery Who Guards the Prince by Reginald Hill.
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Peter Lawford
Patricia S. Lawford
Kennedys
Marilyn Monroe
Frank Sinatra
Reagan
Jerry Hagstrom
Melvin Belli
Mel Krantzler
Donald and
Lillian Stokes
Marilyn
John Rechy
Normalyn Morgan
Texas
California
Hollywood
John
Robert Kennedy
Med
David Poyer
Dan Lenson
U.S
Guam
Dan
Cyprus
George Bernau
Jack Cassidy
Dallas
FBI
Marianne
George Sand
United States
Balzac
Chopin
Flaubert
Delacroix
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West East
James Jacoby
Hollydays Craft Sale
Logan Ave
Ogee
Phidians
Nancy Gilfillan
Ruth Edwards
Eleanor Anderson
Mari Jan Vested
Reginald Hill
Prince Arthur
Alan Hall
AL J-Bonn
P.O. Box
Dixon, IL
Third Street
Les
Taskells
Sterling, Il
Tom and
Tricia Lillyman
Aluminum
ST. Anne
Sam
N. Brinton Ave
Conover
Haskell
Sterling, Illinois
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