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Additionally, Mercer stated that the song was also, in part, about the departures of drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist Martin Crandall from The Shins. [ 1 ] Explaining the origins of the song, Mercer revealed that he wrote the song in the living room of his apartment, shortly following his marriage and in the period leading to the birth of ...
The book contains an introduction to the then relatively new bidding system condensed from Goren's historically significant [2] 1947 book Point Count Bidding in Contract Bridge. [ 3 ] Contract Bridge for Beginners is a "competent but unimaginative text" with a bidding system that is "of little practical use today" [ 4 ] having been superseded ...
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck.In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, [1] with partners sitting opposite each other around a table.
(Slang) A hand that is so easy it plays itself. "Pianola" is a trademarked brand of player piano (a piano that plays automatically). Pick up 1) (Verb) To run a suit without losing a trick in it. 2) (Adjective) Said of a partner who completes a pair, or of a pair that completes a team, just prior to the start of an event. Pick-up slip
Gerber is a contract bridge convention devised by William Konigsberger and Win Nye from Switzerland [1] who published it in 1936; John Gerber of Texas introduced it to North America in 1938 where it was named after him. [2] [3] It is similar to Blackwood but uses 4 ♣ instead of 4NT as a relay (asking) bid to inquire about the number of aces ...
Simple Song may refer to: Simple Song (album), a 2009 album by Ben Wendel "Simple Song" (The Shins song), 2012 "Simple Song", a song by Avail rom the 1996 album 4am ...
A standard form contract (sometimes referred to as a contract of adhesion, a leonine contract, [a] a take-it-or-leave-it contract, or a boilerplate contract) is a contract between two parties, where the terms and conditions of the contract are set by one of the parties, and the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and is thus placed in a "take it or leave it ...
In contract law, [1] a simple contract is a contract made orally, in writing, or both, rather than a contract made under seal. [2] Simple contracts require consideration to be valid, [3] but simple contracts may be implied from the conduct of parties bound by the contract. [4] William Blackstone observed in his Commentaries on the Laws of ...