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...“We wanted to also support the government’s initiative of industrialising the J&K area,” Jindal told the Financial Times, using an abbreviation for the territory....
...When this loses, East can cash K♠ and lead Q♦, but declarer has time to win A♦, cash J♣, cross to dummy with J♥, and then play A♣ on which he can discard a diamond loser....
...She puts a swarm of visual ideas and movement on stage; it’s a treat for the eyes that underlines the drama — but doesn’t add anything....
...There is one massive exception to all this: K-pop and J-Pop. In the world of Korean pop, superstardom is very much still in business....
...West’s 10♣ lead marks East with J♣, so you have placed eight of your opponents’ points and can already conclude that, if East also held A♦, he would have 12pts: he probably wouldn’t have passed originally...
...On 7♥ lead, East ensures that K♥ must win, and declarer does well to take it now....
...He fulfilled his plan by pitching dummy’s 3♦ on K♣, giving up two diamonds and ruffing the final one for his tenth trick....
...The success of so many no-trump contracts relies on analysis of the lead, placing cards in opponents’ hands, and assessing which opponent proffers the greater threat — and why . . ....
...There are boat shoes with Sperry, sneakers with K-Swiss, suitcases with Globe-Trotter and watches with Seiko....
...Merck, BMS, J&J, Novartis and some trade groups have launched a legal broadside against them, filing lawsuits in several different courts across the US....
...Meanwhile, Swift’s fans in Argentina and Chile are buying billboard advertisements on her behalf, or strategising about how to boost her sales numbers....
...It did not involve restrictions saying Korean teens couldn’t import J-pop recordings, or Korean Americans couldn’t produce gochujang in the US....
...Past fundraisers include a T-shirt illustrated by Pol Anglada and an NFT version of the designer’s viral patchwork cardigan worn by Harry Styles. akt.org.uk; jwanderson.com K is for Michael KorsEach year...
...With West likely to hold both K♠ and K♦, the contract seemed safe. East dropped Q♣, and West switched to 10♥. Declarer decided that East’s Q♣ showed J♣, and 10♥ was surely a singleton....
...Caan was resistant to the film’s title, and persuaded the filmmakers to substitute a “k” for the “f” on his copy of the script. “I’ll do Elk, but I will not do Elf,” he said....
...Notice that to play any top diamond early on increases the risk of an over-ruff and failure....
...The firm’s high-profile political connections mean it doesn’t enjoy the luxury of flying under the radar....
...If, instead, East switches to K♦, again declarer can win, draw trumps and use K♥ for the club discard. It is just vital that South does not waste K♥ early on while the chance of a ruff still exists....
...G Grass The perfect surface for tennis, if you don’t mind not playing on it most of the year and then watching it wear away faster than Primark underwear. No, really, it’s good....
...When he leads the third round of clubs and West follows, declarer can be certain to achieve all of this. He ruffs this third club with dummy’s J♠, returns to hand with A♦ and leads a fourth club....
...Mobius, the company that Jon works for, essentially acts as a stand-in regulator for pornography, doing the work that governments aren’t doing, on behalf of Visa and Mastercard....
...Basically, all those people cancelling J K Rowling, running diversity courses and saying things I don’t agree with gave the green light to this invasion. Bears don’t publish their pronouns....
...If the Fed can’t see the future, and really can’t help but hike, it may well lose control of how far and fast these hikes must go.Which brings us to a third option: a speedy J-turn....
...On Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called on politicians linked to the church to individually explain what ties they had....
...Lilah RaptopoulosImogen, like, I don’t know how you would identify, but you’re a young British person and I don’t expect you to speak on behalf of all young British people....
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