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whist

a card game for four in which the two sides try to win the balance of the 13 tricks: forerunner of bridge
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Baroness Kinnock spoke with women who use the centre about the activities and their views on Europe and said: "WHIST is an incredible local resource and shows how the EU backs local communities with money for activities from sharing new skills and raising employment opportunities to promoting women's health and counselling.
At WHiST, women work at their own pace, building their confidence in a way that they feel comfortable with and they are offered individual support to progress to new groups and courses, to join exercise classes or to volunteer, thereby overcoming their long-standing isolation and health issues.
The new Whist Glass is a highly functional sink that would fit into any budget and appeals to our regional customers," he said.
It figures then that the porters came up with bid whist's most memorable terms: "Boston," "Uptown, Downtown" and other phrases.
Few of them wrote memoirs, and their correspondence was limited, so Cardoza must infer much about their attitudes and values by judiciously squeezing data on their wealth, their endogamy, their use of primogeniture to preserve landed estates, and their exclusivity in the Societa del Whist. In thirty-some tables he presents data on their fortunes, compares new and old nobles, shows their dominance in selected schools and the military, and so forth.
Whenever I have a social affair at the house, there is always a contingent of people who say, `Let's play whist,'" says Roland MacFarland, vice president of standards for the Fox Television Network.
Bridge evolved from whist, a game which appears to have begun in 17th century England.
As I looked at whist happened there, I could see myself in those who committed the crime (given the circumstances I could have done the same), but I could also see myself in those who risked their lives and reputations to speak out for the truth.
A game of whist beat all the odds when each player was dealt a complete suit of 13 cards.
Cancer whist All are welcome to the 52nd annual whist drive in aid of Cancer Research (Dr Railton Scott Memorial Appeal) which will be held in the village hall on Friday, February 2 at 7pm.
THE second of the annual St Asaph Christmas Whist Drive's will be held in the Talardy Hotel, St Asaph, on Monday, December 18, starting at 7.30pm.
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