March 2014 - 6

VIEWPOINT

Bulletin
BRIDGE

The most interesting information comes
from children, for they tell all they know
and then stop.
- Mark Twain

Help wanted

I started off 2014 with my first Newcomer
Help Desk column (January, page 48). The
topic - learn to be a good partner - meshed well with that issue's feature story revisiting Zero Tolerance.
The new column is meant to help newer ACBL members understand
aspects of duplicate that may seem baffling or mysterious.
I should have prepared for the Help Desk debut by asking for topics
in October or November instead of in the December issue, but here we
are. I still need your input to assure that the Help Desk focus is useful
for new players. Let me hear from you.

All new

Dirty dozen

In the February 2013 issue, I presented a set of anagrams of players
whose names appeared in Daily Bulletins from the 2012 Fall NABC. I
received lots of responses to the challenge of untangling the letters. The
following is for those who asked for a reprise. All of the names below
are in the January Bridge Bulletin on pages 14 through 32. Send your
decoded anagrams to me at editor@acbl.org. Correct answers will go
into a drawing. The winner will receive a copy of the newly published
"Smart Guide to Bridge."
Hah Snarly Pill
I Bother Corncob
Primal Tech
Brave Thin Tusk

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Robin Reneged
Atonal Nags
Checker Suit
A Boned Killer

All entries must be received by
Monday, March 31. The winner will
be announced in the May issue.

6 Bridge Bulletin March 2014

Managing Editor
Paul Linxwiler
Associate Editor
Sue Munday
Graphic Design / Layout
Cindy Hill

American Contract Bridge League

Not long ago, I started playing bridge at lunch with a couple of
members of the Marketing Department staff. That has given me some
insights into how much new players have to "get" about the game.
Right now, Stephanie and Liza are like sponges, soaking up information and trying to keep it straight in their heads. I have to ask them
repeatedly if my blather is too much information too quickly (they also
take bridge lessons on Wednesdays). So far, everyone is having fun, and
I'm confident they know how to play Q-x-x opposite A-x-x for two
tricks.

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Editor in Chief
Brent Manley

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Make Bull Rue
Ribs Jerk Not
Data Salami Gun
Bows I Look To

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