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Culbertson from 1964 to 1966, but it never named another. Almost thirty years later, the ACBL established its hall of fame with the
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Lesson hands for use of bridge teachers of the common sense system
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Auction for Two or Three, with a new code of laws for these games
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280:(Winston, 1923), 507 pp.
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223:(Winston, 1920), 332 pp.
217:(Winston, 1917), 288 pp.
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