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...East won with K♣, and led a third diamond to West’s king. The case for the defence began immediately: “Both finesses wrong — as usual — couldn’t be made.”...
...However, when West continues with K♥ and J♥, you ruff high in dummy and East shows out. How does that change your plans? West is now marked with six hearts headed by ace-king-jack....
...The execution is functional, and somewhat cartoonish — especially in a dance routine to a K-pop cover of Cardi B’s sulphurous rap hit “WAP” — but Joy Ride is an amiable number that will really come into...
...Madeleine King, Australia’s resources minister, was soon trying to ease concerns in Asia over Australia’s role in the global energy supply chain....
...The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K Albright is on show at Freeman’s|Hindman New York from 2 to 6 May; live auction, 7 May; online auction, 8 May...
...Having drawn trumps, South took the diamond finesse, losing to East’s king. East exited passively with another diamond....
...If 2 Kf5 Nh6+ forks White’s king and queen. If 2 Ke6 Qb3+! 3 K moves Qxf7 skewers White’s king and queen. Chess 2405 1 e4! dxe4 2 Rd5++! Kxd5 3 Kb5! e3 4 Nf6 mate. Chess 2404 1...Bb5!...
...People waved glowing plastic hearts on sticks, a common prop in South Korean K-pop. “Jay” was written on the hearts in Roman script alongside Chinese characters....
...East can enjoy his four heart winners, but is finally forced into leading a spade from his king, ensuring the final two tricks....
...It’s 11am on a Friday and the busiest counter in Space NK’s King’s Cross store in central London is Rare Beauty, the make-up line from singer Selena Gomez....
...He continues for some pages in this way before returning to his original plan, and he neatly crosses out every ich, every “I” and replaces it with K., the initial by which the protagonist would be forever...
...He fulfilled his plan by pitching dummy’s 3♦ on K♣, giving up two diamonds and ruffing the final one for his tenth trick....
...To that end, declarer wants to win trick 1 — and win it with K♥....
...Declarer now requires spade tricks; many cashed ♦AKQ and tried a spade to dummy’s king. This lost to East’s A♠ and the hand was over....
...If East throws K♠ — as he probably should — when West gains the lead with K♦, he can only cash Q♠, before your J♠ becomes good....
...That happened earlier this year with Pathaan, a star vehicle for Shah Rukh Khan, aka “King Khan”....
...(C&K, by the way, rescued themselves in my esteem when they later opened Zédel, on a truly democratic brasserie model.)...
...In The Lion King, the song “Be Prepared” is a rousing celebration of fratricide, while Tom Lehrer’s song of the same title advised boy scouts: “Don’t solicit for your sister, that’s not nice / unless you...
...One picture — Meghan wrapped in Harry’s coat, her hand lifted to showcase the ring — was inspired by an image of Audrey Hepburn and husband Mel Ferrer....
...Letter in response to this article: Here’s sticking it to XR / From Ole K Røed, Howald, Luxembourg...
...“Everyone else was still trying to emulate the jewels of kings and queens.”...
...It is, finally, coronation time for the new king, 74-year old Charles III....
...The pillars had been made and used by King Ashoka of the Maurya Empire on the Indian subcontinent (c268-232 BCE) to speak to his subjects via the pillars’ inscriptions....
...Political Fix was presented by me, Lucy Fisher, and produced by Audrey Tinline with help from Leah Quinn. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer....
...The site of grand balls and lavish receptions, it was where great artists, thinkers and socialites came, in their finery, to jostle for favour with the king and queen....
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