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...BiddingDealer: NorthN/S Game North’s 2H bid here indicated that she would have re-bid at least 2NT, but that she only holds one poor — or even just a half — heart stopper....
...West led 2♥ to East’s A♥; 3♥ was returned. West ruffed and led a high club to East’s ace. At both tables, East refused to return a heart and, instead, continued with a second club....
...s=48&t=P_cjvYplUcVBjt3byvks7A If you thought Ronaldo and Messi were the only ageing stars lending their profile to challenger sports contests, think again....
..., singular ace in the pack....
...: Specialized Aethos Comp — Rival eTap AXS The simple, classic design featuring round tube profiles allows for a hugely impressive feather-light frame weighing 699g (the S-Works version is a mere 585g)...
...Ace!...
...Elsewhere, though, A Space for the Unbound delights in its interactive surprises. Occasional battles resemble a turn-based Street Fighter 2 while objection-filled courtroom scenes recall Ace Attorney....
...I left 2022’s summer bedding in place until early December, when it was still showing flowers. A brutally sharp spell then killed it all and made me relearn old lessons....
...Each time I opened the small mountain of envelopes I was always impressed by how many people managed to get everything right, so I found this story on how to ace a cryptic crossword intriguing, even if I...
...He switched to 4♠, hoping that West might hold A♠ or, if West held Q♠, to squeeze through two quick spade tricks. Declarer won, drew trumps and gave up the two black aces later. 4H made....
...“I don’t follow football, but he was a real ace,” said Zelia Murilo, 52, who was at the hospital to attend a medical exam. “May he rest in peace.”...
...The ace in Fullerton Bay’s pocket is arguably its situation: overlooking Raffles Place, the Singapore Flyer big wheel and the three infinity-pool-crowned towers of the Marina Bay Sands hotel-casino complex...
..., Meta and Netflix made up almost a quarter of the S&P 500....
...The philosopher Svenja Flasspöhler worries about the “nuclear ace” up Putin’s sleeve....
...“What I Like” reverts to the tone of their debut with a B-52’s-style party tune featuring Sugar Bones on lead vocal....
...With a singleton in dummy — even in a small slam — it is often wrong to rise with an ace. South smirked to himself....
...Since then, the S&P 500 has dropped 21 per cent. The Stoxx 600 and Hang Seng are down about 13 per cent....
...A prosaic thought for Christmas: every card has a value and, with the exception of the ace, each of those can be beaten by a higher card. How could that be so decisive?...
...These local election results so far look an awful lot like 2018’s results — an election which made it tempting to conclude that the next general election would be a hung parliament....
...Despite having single-handedly defeated the Russians in his last outing as Maverick, we find the ace pilot now working as a lowly instructor; among his new class is the son of his former co-pilot, Goose,...
...Indeed, you have to go back more than two decades, to 2001’s Spy Game (also directed by Tony Scott), to find a major Hollywood release that even hints at portraying China’s government in a bad light....
...Not an ideal state of affairs, but rather commonplace in the world of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, the latest in a series of eccentric Japanese legal games I’ve loved since childhood....
...For a no-trump contract, East’s hand is very poor: aces and kings play well at suit contracts, but poorly in no-trumps, where queens jacks, tens and nines are more valuable....
...Without a heart loser, she can play A♠ and another, losing to East’s K♠, but ensuring that there can be no heart ruff. East can then cash her two red aces, but that is it for the defence....
...“There is no doubt that there is very strong demand for PS5 hardware, but it is not clear yet whether software demand is keeping up,” said Hideki Yasuda, a gaming analyst at Ace Research Institute....
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