Bad Overcall and Unlucky Runout in Bridge
Oswald Jacoby recalls a bad overcall sequence in a bridge game where four no trump failed for a score of 500 after a five diamond runout. He notes most pairs scored around 620 or 650, with a rare zero for one pair, and reflects on luck and early missteps amid a digression on Scandinavian passport abolition in 1954.
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Retirement systems compared in Social Security and Civil Service
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