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Singular Life

Bad habits Petronella Wyatt W hen I was a child I used to look for- ward to the snooker on television. I liked the atmosphere of knife-edge smoulder. I liked the way in which......

Bridge

Sudden death Andrew Robson A BRIDGE hand usually has a 'kill point' — a term introduced by Danish interna- tional Jens Auken. A kill point is a pivotal point in the hand that......