Word: canasta
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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Bridge was almost eclipsed and so was gin rummy. A double-deck card game called Canasta had spread over the hemisphere. In Buenos Aires, citadel of the game, Canasta had progressed from a diversion to a rage...
Fashionable porteños play Canasta from 6, when offices close, until 9:30-just before dinner time. The new game has swept the swank Jockey Club and the Circulo de Armas; the presidents of those fabulously wealthy organizations solemnly met with the president of the Argentine Bridge Association to codify the rules and scoring of the game. For the benefit of their pet charities a dozen women's clubs held Canasta tournaments last week at the Plaza and Alvear Palace Hotels...