Dramatic finessing and rural housing gains noted in classic bridge game and census data
The article recounts a high stakes bridge hand from the Italy United States match where Tobias Stone and Alvin Rath chose a finesse to win eleven tricks, amid analysis of overcalls and distribution. It also reports rural housing progress from 1940 to 1966, noting most new homes went to families earning over $6,000 and only 5 percent to under that threshold.