April 29 in History Almanac Note
The Almanac Today for April 29, 1971 notes the date is the 119th day, with Mercury Venus Mars and Jupiter visible in the morning sky and Saturn in the evening. It recalls Wellington born April 29, 1769, and events: 1878 Boston ad for telephone service, 1931 Hoover meets Siam’s king, 1945 Dachau prisoners freed, 1964 Dutch Princess Irene wed in Rome.
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Mercury
Venus
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Jupiter
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Boston
Jraw
Herbert Hoover
Prajdhi‘pok
Siam
United States
Dachau
Nazi Germany
Irene
Netherlands
Rome
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Bourbon-Parma
Alice and the Cheshire Cat in a Seven Diamond Contract
Oswald and James Jacoby recount a bridge hand where Alice plays seven diamonds while the Cheshire cat sits West and the Duchess East. She analyzes finesses and trumps as she aims for 13 tricks, ruffs a heart, runs trumps, and forces the opposing king of clubs to drop, winning the hand amid the cat's fading grin.
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Oswald
James Jacoby
Alice
Duchess
Bridge bidding puzzle asks for decision after two spades raise
In a bridge scenario West North East South open with one heart and respond with two spades after a sequence ending in three spades. Partner has shown limited strength and 7543 Y8632 AKQ ATE. determine the best call for South now given the puzzle context.
Mapped Clues Across Languages and Times
A compact lexicon bridge lists numbered clues and partial phrases spanning languages and domains. Entries include health terms, geographic mentions such as Peruvian mountains and Larissan mountain, along with common nouns like floor, injury, prayer, and vessel-related measures, hinting at a crossword or word puzzle source.
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