Word: trumps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...down amid roars of applause. In vain pallid Lord Hugh Cecil* coldly interjected: "The Church of England is not, after all, a mere society for the better contradiction of the Pope." In vain, for the House had risen to "No Popery!" as a nation rises blindly to the trump of war. At 11:30 p. m. a division (vote) was taken. Into the "nays" lobby rushed Conservative Viscounts Astor, Liberal David Lloyd George, Laborite James Henry Thomas (famed "balance wheel of British Labor") and other members of wildly assorted parties to a total of 238. Into the "ayes" lobby filed...
...Whist; and on Whist are the fundamentals of all types of Bridge laid. Whist was played with a pack of 52 cards; dealt one at a time to four players; partners two and two. The last card was turned up and its suit (hearts, spades, clubs, diamonds) determined the trump. One player led a card, face up on the table, and the others played to it in rotation. The players shedding the highest card of the suit (ace high, king next and so on down to two) took the trick. If his hand was lacking in cards of the suit...
...bridge, to trump partner...
...itself been in favor of such a move but intended to effect it in an orderly manner. The Bolsheviks on the other hand advocated immediate seizure and the people were in such a frenzy that the quicker course was by far the more popular. The Reds thus had two trump cards, immediate peace and immediate seizure of land; the people did not support the Bolsheviks because they were such, but because of the two panaceas they offered...
...Honor values: simple honors in all suits and No Trump-30; four honors divided, in all suits and No Trump-40; five suit honors divided 2 and 3-50; four suit honors in one hand-80; five suit honors divided 4 and 1-90; all honors in one hand-100. One or two honors held by a side are not counted. (Brand new, but in wide vogue before the new code was officially published...