Leghorn Diamond bids slam in world class bridge
Oswald Jacoby reviews bidding systems used by top teams including the Italian Leghorn Diamond and the Dallas Aces. He notes common features like game forcing jump shifts and recounts a hand where Hamman Lawrence and Mike Lawrence reach a grand slam possibility, settling at six spades.
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Dallas Aces
Jacoby Wolff
Eisenberg-Goldman
Hamman-Lawrence
Bob Hamman
Mike Lawrence
Bob
West
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Christmas Cards Began In Britain A Century Ago
Uncle Ray explains Christmas cards started in Great Britain over 100 years ago with pupils writing brief greetings to relatives. Early cards showed snow scenes and robins, printed or lithographed by Jobbins of Holborn on behalf of Joseph Cundall. Sir Henry Cole conceived the idea. initial sales were about a thousand copies.
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Great Britain
John
Arthur
Henry Cole
Joseph Cundall
Jobbins
Holborn
Ten rules for investing in art as an asset
Sylvia Porter outlines cautious guidelines for art investment, urging readers to study catalogs, visit galleries, and attend auctions. She advises buying from top dealers, avoiding fashion-driven works, seeking expert advice, diversifying artists, and setting a spending ceiling with trade-up terms.
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Sylvia Porter
Field Enterprises, Inc
Miss Porter
Madison Avenue
O.K
Louis Goldenberg
Wildenstein Gallery
New York
Goldenberg
Hammer
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la Crosse, Wis
Olympia Sm9
J. R. Williams
Jacoby
By Oswald
James Jacoby
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Atlantic
Cotton
Uncle Ray
la Crosse Tribune
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Hvistuas
Nelson Clothing CO
Caledonia ST
Caledonia St. Shopping Center
Parke - Bernet
Victor Hammer
Hammer Galleries
Danny
Juoro
Thorp, Wisconsin
Fourth
F.D.I.C
TV Banking
LA Crosse
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