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...BiddingDealer WestN/S Game South’s 2NT overcall over a Weak Two opener indicated 17-20 points, with at least one spade stopper....
...But funds gained 6.1 per cent on average, compared with the S&P 500’s 26.3 per cent gain....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West’s 3H bid was weak but shapely. At any other vulnerability, North might join in with a 3S overcall and might be raised by South....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game South’s opening bid is troublesome: 2NT with a singleton is wrong; a Strong Two should show a 6-card suit....
...Playing for 5♥ to be a singleton is foolhardy since, if this is the layout, declarer would hold ♥K92 and two heart tricks might belong to East naturally....
...The lead is probably from KJ10xx(x), but declarer worried that East might hold a singleton or doubleton K♠, so she played low from dummy at trick 1....
...BiddingDealer: SouthN/S Game The stakes were high and the wine fine, but sadly one player erred disastrously — and his partner couldn’t hide his frustration....
...If West has a singleton and trumps K♥, the game is lost — unless declarer is alert to that possibility....
...At only one table did this happen, from probably the strongest pair in the room, and the result was +500 to N/S....
...N/S hold at least 27pts between them; East holds 10pts. This leaves between 1 and 3pts for West. West could hold K♣, but it is unlikely. So, how should East plan to defend?...
...Declarer can see J♥ in dummy, so West’s Q♥ lead is obviously a singleton....
...All seemed fine until N/S saw their score: 0 per cent At all other tables, East had opened 1NT and had played there. Every declarer failed by two tricks, scoring N/S +200....
...MP Jess Phillips, despite being a fan, concurs: “[Bridget]’s essentially sexually harassed . . . Nowadays you’d be straight to the tribunal.”...
...“John [Galliano]’s clothes had a really strong look,” he says. “I wanted Leon’s walk to be just as powerful.” Today, everybody wants a piece of Boguslawski. It’s unsurprising....
...S. Franses Ltd, for instance, impressive and scholarly dealers of tapestries and carpets, casts light on how the discoveries of the New World transformed the European aesthetic....
...So what makes online dating so attractive to singletons?...
...The best chance of a diamond ruff therefore, lies in not signalling to declarer that he holds a singleton. As N/S were playing in a 4-4 fit, West instead led 2♠....
...Not least because urban singletons can take the train....
...When that held the trick, two overtricks can be scored, and a great result for N/S....
...It took more than 60 years for an African-American to be nominated for Best Director (John Singleton in 1991) but since 2010 there have been a further five....
...Picture this: one circle representing the set of viewers of the BBC2 quiz show University Challenge and another for viewers of ITV2’s Love Island....
...Whether a Remainer or a Brexiteer, politics has moved higher up the list of priorities for singletons who have also made a significant investment in the quest for love....
...But perhaps the quintessential dadcore item to date is another Gvsalia confection: Balenciaga’s Triple S platform trainer (£545)....
...Do screen-bound singletons show us the way that fully wired humanity is headed? Self splices Zack and Ben’s joint progress with a second plot....
...David Singleton, who has been on the company board since December 2011, will succeed him....
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