Word: numbered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political scientist Duverger explained that the greater number of noes, the more de Gaulle would be helped in his allegedly liberal designs on Algeria (de Gualle, however, asked for a massive...
Largely because Charles Goren made coordination across the table easier and more accurate, bridge's popularity keeps growing. According to surveys made by the U.S.'s $29 million playing-card industry (60 million decks sold last year), the number of bridge players in the U.S. has soared from 22 million in 1940 to 35 million today, not counting the millions who study newspaper bridge columns but never take a card in hand. Over the same span, the number participating in American Contract Bridge League tournaments has exploded from 5,000 to more than 75,000. Having survived...
...deck. An opening suit bid requires 13 points, a bid is mandatory at 14 points, a partnership with 26 points should make game in a major suit (29 are needed in a minor suit), partners with 33 points should have a little slam, and 37 is the magic number for a grand slam...
...last year to 1,486,000 last May, slid still farther in August. Chemical-industry employment dipped from last year's 845,000 to last May's 817,000 to August's 812,800. In steel, the United Steel Workers reported that the number laid off has risen from 212,000 in February to 260,000 in August -though production rose from 54.6% of capacity...
...teaching fellow welcomed the new arrangement, declaring that he hoped it would prelude a greater number of female graduate students...