Having just suffered an ignominious defeat in the Fourth of six Swiss Team matches, our opponents arrived to begin the Fifth with our favorite most despised greeting:
The standard treatment of the strong South hand is to open one diamond with the intention of making a subsequent reverse bid in hearts, simultaneously showing both the strength and the distribution.
Historic Highway US Route 66 passes through Springfield, Missouri, on its way from Chicago to California, bordered by hundred year old motels, hotels, shops and service stations filled with Americana of the bygone era.