Screwball visitors fill New York desk days with odd tales
New York columnist Hal Boyle recalls a parade of eccentric callers in a busy office. A man claiming FBI counterspy roles, nicknamed Operative X-37, adds color by slipping in and out with cryptic notes. The piece wryly treats screwballs as oddly charming recurring characters of newsroom life.
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An Expert's Bid Dilemmas in a Bridge Hand
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where West opens diamonds but misleads with a club signal. South misreads the ruff, East rates West as flawed yet capable, and the result is South making the contract despite complex plays.
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