The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 187
... wide cards are those with a gap of three or more ranks between them . Therefore , nondealer usually discards wide cards for the adverse crib and close cards for his own . Of course , the scoring of pairs and other counts will have the ...
... wide cards are those with a gap of three or more ranks between them . Therefore , nondealer usually discards wide cards for the adverse crib and close cards for his own . Of course , the scoring of pairs and other counts will have the ...
Page 189
... wide . Centered at either end of the pitch is a 9 - inch - wide wicket composed of three thin 28 - inch - long poles , or stumps , placed upright in the ground and of sufficient size to prevent the ball from passing between them . On ...
... wide . Centered at either end of the pitch is a 9 - inch - wide wicket composed of three thin 28 - inch - long poles , or stumps , placed upright in the ground and of sufficient size to prevent the ball from passing between them . On ...
Page 203
... wide . The Land . The Crimea , roughly quadrangular in shape , narrows both in the east , where it forms the Kerch Peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov , and in the west , where it forms the Tarkhankut Peninsula . A ...
... wide . The Land . The Crimea , roughly quadrangular in shape , narrows both in the east , where it forms the Kerch Peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov , and in the west , where it forms the Tarkhankut Peninsula . A ...
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