Hints and tips:
...Rainbow, which produced its first batch of mixed rare earth sulphate last week, has partnered with K-Technologies to separate the elements in the US state of Florida....
...Reasonably balanced distribution in the minor suits is essential. Declarer must cash ♦AK, discarding a heart from dummy. A low diamond is ruffed and ♣AK are cashed....
...“Cho was like the original K-pop idol, with looks, intelligence and morality on his side,” said Lee....
...East cashed A♥ and led K♥, which declarer ruffed. What is the best line now? Only one successful minor suit finesse is required....
...Tripathi also said he never received any benefits from sums paid by Signifier into Co V, which was owned by a close friend....
...Even minor influencers with a social media following can now expect to be offered payment in exchange for a front-row appearance and a social media post....
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...Health was the best-performing category, with growth driven by the company’s “intimate wellness” brands — which include Durex, Queen V and K-Y — and improving performance in China....
...The risk is that Anno Domini in his mid-fifties will catch him out, but this may be only a minor hazard....
...Declarer would do better to lead K♦ from table. Here, North would win and, unable to lead trumps, would be forced to aid declarer....
...Two parties last night, both lousy but a couple of minor royals and the goody bags were top notch. Sorry about the other week. I had some high level networking at Lord’s....
...India’s top grossing film last year was the Kannada language action-thriller K.G.F: Chapter 2; Bollywood scored none of the top five. Tamil and Telugu films attract more viewers than Hindi movies....
...The bank kept Epstein as a client until 2013, despite his conviction in 2008 of soliciting sex from a minor, which resulted in a 13-month prison sentence....
...They aren’t risky; there was only $139mn of credit loss allowances against employee loans as of the last 10-K....
...A contract of four-of-a-minor is not the ideal way to start a new year of bridge, but declarer turned it into a great result for his side....
...“Children have always chosen animals,” says Katy Canales, project curator at Young V&A, which reopens today in east London following a £13mn renovation....
...Little did I expect that by 2023, K-pop would have blazed into the mainstream, becoming one of the most popular musical genres in the world....
...Royal v Koepke: 1 Qxh7+! Kxh7 2 Rh4+ Kg8 3 Rh8 mate. Chess 24941...Rg4+! 2 Kxg4 Qg2+ 3 Kh5 Qf3 mate. Chess 24931 Re8+! Rxe8 2 Qxg7+!...
...The 76,500-tonne M/V Glory, registered in the Marshall Islands, was grounded while joining a southbound convoy near Al-Qantara, according to a shipping agency....
...The V&A’s Africa Fashion also has works by Ami Doshi Shah (pictured top), of Kenya, including her necklace of brass, sisal and salt....
...“The last car I bought, just to put things in perspective, was a Mercedes V-Class, to put all the kids and the dog in it.” Our main course gone, Collardi asks if we can see the dessert menu....
...The Korean Wave opens September 24, V&A ‘Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style’ by Fiona Bae, (Thames & Hudson), will be published in the UK & Ireland on 22 September 2022...
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All When you have overcalled and agreed a minor suit, the bid of a new major suit should be offering an alternative denomination in which to play....
...V. About two dozen people attended the final hearing in Ganieva’s civil action against Black, in a harshly lit room inside an Italianate office building in Tribeca. It was May 2023....
...It was the reason the Whittingtons, minor Gloucestershire landowners, would have apprenticed their superfluous son to Fitzwarin in the first place....
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