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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.”...
...in Perfect Days but there’s a groovy pop and rock soundtrack, delivered every time Hirayama pops in another cassette tape into the car stereo, including cuts by Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Van Morrison and Nina...
...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....
...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....
...After nearly 20 years in King's Cross, Gagosian gallery has decided to close its vast space on Britannia Street this summer....
...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....
...Intimate and immersive, these remarkable clips transport us to that cramped, humid room as Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Carole King, David Bowie and countless others...
...To that end, declarer wants to win trick 1 — and win it with K♥....
...Ideal for picnics. wolfandbadger.com Groovy striped yoghurt bowl by Anna + Nina, €19.95 Bring some colour to your mornings with this hand-painted design. anna-nina.nl Classic cushion by Colours of Arley...
...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”....
...Nina and Manu were sufficiently impressed by what they saw to follow suit. They soon found a place of their own near their friends in Mosogno....
...(C&K, by the way, rescued themselves in my esteem when they later opened Zédel, on a truly democratic brasserie model.)...
...Yes, my son's name is Frankie, Frank Monk, M-O-N-K. Date of birth, 5th of February 2009. 13. Tell them he's 13. I just gave them the date. He's 13. He's barely slept away....
...At the bottom of a street lined with oleanders, the huge stone house where Baldwin hosted Nina Simone, Ray Charles and Maya Angelou had been redeveloped into a luxury apartment complex....
...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...
...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.”...
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