Goren on Bridge by Charles H. Goren
East and West vulnerable in a bridge hand. North deals with KQ858 and a7 784 Q10851 4 310754 AQ2 a7é. South questions bidding strategy, preferring two no trump over two spades, and mismanages intermediate cards leading to a lost game contract. East and West cards influence the play as the spades are established after the jack of clubs is run.
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West
Declarer
North
South
East
North East South West
Bridge endgame analysis of spade stoppers and Rule of 11
The article discusses declarer position in a bridge hand, noting proper play would yield three spade stoppers with nine on trick one. It applies the Rule of 11 to East's remaining spades and analyzes outcomes if the first lead is low or if the nine is overtrumped, detailing stopper counts and potential gains.
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Declarer
Clairvoyant lecture peddlers in Syracuse century ago
In a Syracuse era piece, Mrs. S. C. Loomis offered a 25 cent lecture promising card readings and audience descriptions with a bandaged eye act. Skeptics were urged to attend as curiosity about physiology and electromagnetism grew while Barnum’s birthrate circus analogy framed public interest.
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S. C. Loomis
Martha
Phineas T. Barnum
Jackrabbits Near Extinction in Kansas Plains
CIMARRON Kan The buffalo vanished from Kansas plains and the jackrabbit population is collapsing. Years ago jackrabbits numbered in millions and a single roundup could net thousands. today such drives yield only a few hundred.
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Cimarron, Kan
Ins
Plains of Kansas
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