Tami Humphreys

For a country of some 26.5 million, Australia has done well in international bridge events. One driving force behind the nascence of the game in the antipodes was Hans Rosendorff,

GROWTH SPURTS

In today's deal, West's opening lead reveals a lot about both his hand and his plan for defeating the contract. However, it isn't immediately apparent how the declarer can thwart

Prep boys basketball

Garrison Keillor wrote, “Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough

Karl Marx, that well-known resident of Highgate Cemetery in London, wrote, "Mankind always sets itself only such problems as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, it

We are supposedly descended from apes; in particular, we admire the intelligence of chimpanzees. Adriaan Kortlandt, who has studied chimps extensively, wrote, "Behind their lively, searching eyes one senses a

Some people are adept at saying the obvious in an amusing way. Take, for example, American author Daniel J. Boorstin, who wrote, "A best-seller was a book which somehow sold

Some knitters will use sets of double-point knitting needles when knitting in the round to knit small parts of a garment or home decor item. This method is worked by

J. Paul Getty (who else?) said, "If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man."