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	Bridge techniques
		Holdup is a play in contract bridge, whereby the declarer ducks one or more trick to opponents, usually in notrump contracts, in order to cut their communications.
		The primary purpose of holdup is to give as many tricks to opponents as enough to exhaust all the cards in the suit from one of their hand's.
		Safety play in contract bridge is a generic name for plays where the declarer maximizes the chances for fulfilling the contract (or achieving a certain score) by possibly neglecting a slightly higher score.
	www.shortopedia.com /B/R/Bridge_techniques (997 words)

	Encyclopedia: Holdup (bridge) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holdup is a play in contract bridge, whereby the declarer ducks one or more trick to opponents, usually in notrump contracts, in order to cut their communications.
		The primary purpose of holdup is to give as many tricks to opponents as enough to exhaust all the cards in the suit from one of their hand's.
		The bridge is excellent and the stories that it is wrapped in, starring the Rabbi, are spiced with the inimitable Jewish sense of humor, and are a marvelously delectable mix of the sweet and the acidulous.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Holdup-%28bridge%29 (679 words)

	Untitled Document
		Subsequently, the water is drawn from the holdup tank by the primary pump and returned to the pool through the shell of the heat exchanger.
		Normal holdup volumes result in a time delay before the core outlet water is drawn out by the primary pump, depending on flow and head difference.
		The pump inlet is the end of the Holdup tank exit pipe; water is pumped once through the shell of each tank of the heat exchanger and returned to the pool (either the open or stall pool inlet, depending on valving).
	www.science.mcmaster.ca /mnr/Reactor-Page/primaryschematicsystem.htm (807 words)

	Contract bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In duplicate bridge, the hands are shuffled only once, at the beginning of the tournament, and dealt clockwise one at a time (there are also special machines for pre-dealing on large tournaments), and placed into bridge boards.
		In duplicate bridge, all the points are accumulated and present a single score, expressed as a positive number (sum of trick points and bonus points) to the winning pair, and by implication, as a negative number to the opponents.
		In 1925 when contract bridge first evolved, bridge tournaments were becoming popular, but the rules were somewhat in flux, and several different organizing bodies were involved in tournament sponsorship: the American Bridge League (formerly the American Auction Bridge League, which changed its name in 1929), the American Whist League, and the United States Bridge Federation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bridge_game (3985 words)

	Contract Bridge - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Contract bridge, more usually known as Bridge, is a trick-taking card game for four players who form two partnerships, or "sides".
		In duplicate bridge, which is what is normally played in a club or tournament, each hand is scored by itself, and not as part of a rubber.
		In duplicate bridge, in every series of four deals, the vulnerabilities of 'all vulnerable', 'none vulnerable', 'vulnerable against not vulnerable' and 'not vulnerable against vulnerable' will all occur once, in a predetermined order.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /contract_bridge.htm (3252 words)

	Duck (bridge) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See Contract bridge glossary for an explanation of unfamiliar words or phrases.
		In the card game of contract bridge, the term duck means to play low to a trick, thus losing it intentionally.
		Ducking to deny an entry when playing no trump is known as a holdup play.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duck_(bridge) (507 words)

	Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - The Region - Railroad Redux (December 2001) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Writers who have held either that railroads were crucial to American economic growth or enormously accelerated this growth implicitly asserted that the economy of the nineteenth century lacked an effective alternative to the railroad and was incapable of producing one.
		Representing the Rock Island Bridge Co. when the case finally went to trial in 1857 was a young attorney who was later termed one of the best railroad lawyers in the West, Abraham Lincoln.
		Holdup points: A group can establish a toll along a trade route if it can capture a certain point along the line through which all users must pass.
	woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us /pubs/region/01-12/fettig.cfm?js=0 (2308 words)

	Old Corner
		The bridge continued as a toll bridge until 1902 when it was purchased from the Union Bridge Company by the counties of Calaveras and Tuolumne for $4,000 and was immediately declared a free bridge.
		The bridge was the property of Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, but according to the contract with the Irrigation Districts, if it had not been disposed of by the time the reservoir had started to fill, it would become the property of the districts.
		The old bridge is providing a part of these recreational facilities being developed around the reservoir, since nine of the large main beams from the old bridge have been used in the construction of the porch at the Black Creek Lodge on Black Creek, a spur of the reservoir.
	www.oldcorner.com /bridge/bridge.htm (5789 words)

	Appen Newspapers, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Two holdup men got a lesson in Robbery 101, when they held up a restaurant employee after she deposited the store’s receipts.
		, 22, of Alpharetta was arrested Aug. 27 for DUI and failure to yield on Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta.
		, 20, of Lithonia was arrested Sept. 1 for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell.
	www.northfulton.com /?W=ViewArticle&P=12441 (1105 words)

	Marco Island Sun Times - Bridge toll headed for feasibility study
		The possibility of a Jolley Bridge toll to pay for a new bridge, Greg Niles' departure and a new police pension plan were among the highlights of the Jan. 17 meeting of the Marco Island City Council.
		Joel said the 35-year-old bridge, designed to last 40 years, was carrying an average of 25,500 vehicles daily and an average of 30,000 in season during 2003.
		Minozzi said in order to build a new bridge in a timely fashion, the city and county would have to suggest an alternate way to fund it, rather than wait for state and federal funding for the project that is estimated to cost $38 to $40 million in 2010.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13787076&BRD=2256&PAG=461&dept_id=455823&rfi=6 (2069 words)

	RO Associates - manufacturers of DC-DC power supplies and DC-DC switchers
		The amount of holdup capacitance across the PFC module's output is based on the required holdup time.
		The holdup time is determined by the length of time that the supply must be capable of running without any input power.
		where C is the required holdup capacitance in farads, P is the load power (including the dc-to dc converters) in watts, Thold is the holdup time in seconds, V1 is the output voltage of the PFC in volts, and V2 is the minimum input voltage of the dc-to-dc converters in volts.
	www.roassoc.com /apps/configpfcsupply.html (3363 words)

	Triangle Grading Squares Off on Durham County, NC, Bridge Replacement Project (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bridge construction was to begin April 1, but has been delayed until later in the month because of utility relocation delays, said David Lyle, executive vice-president of D.W. Lyle Corporation.
		The main reason for the holdup is due to the eight utility companies in the project area, with either overhead or underground facilities that needed to be relocated.
		The new bridge will be a 105 ft. (32 m) long and 60 ft. (18.2 m) wide to accommodate three travel lanes and sidewalks on both sides.
	www.constructionequipmentguide.com /story.asp?story=4440&type=SIDEBAR (859 words)

	HEU Holdup Measurements on 321-M A-Lathe
		The Analytical Development Section of SRTC was requested by the Facilities Disposition Division (FDD) to determine the holdup of enriched uranium in the 321-M facility as part of an overall deactivation project of the facility.
		The results of the holdup assays are essential for determining compliance with the solid waste Waste Acceptance Criteria, Material Control and Accountability, and to ensure that criticality safety controls are not exceeded.
		The interpretation of all of the holdup data acquired in each of the four assay generations is described in reference 9.
	sti.srs.gov /fulltext/tr2001296/tr2001296.html (5498 words)

	Lamar Bridge \| Pfluger Bridge
		But a new holdup is that city is waiting while it ponders the Seaholm Master Plan, which is a plan for how that whole area is going to be developed [expected to be approved in early August].
		This would entail (moving from south to north along the creek) a bridge from Post Properties south of the creek to Post Properties north of the creek, trail along the east side of the creek, and a rebuilt low-water crossing back to the west side of the creek just south of 5th Street.
		The new design for the LBPB calls for a bridge which drops you down in the green space between Cesar Chavez and Sandra Muraida, with a tunnel under Sandra Muraida (which is elevated a the Lamar intersection), allowing bicyclists and pedestrians to get all the way to 5th with no inter-modal conflict.
	bicycleaustin.info /roadways/lamarbridge.html (5108 words)

	HEU Holdup Measurements in 321-M U-Al Casting Furnaces and Riser Crusher
		ADS was tasked to conduct holdup assays to quantify the amount of HEU on all components removed from the facility prior to placement in B-25 containers.
		Since the 1995 assay indicated a total of 144.5 g and 35.5 g of U-235 holdup in the two furnaces and the riser crusher, a more precise value was required to determine their disposition with respect to the 50 g limit.
		The following are the measured holdup values obtained for the two furnaces, which we identify as furnace A and furnace C to be consistent with the identification used in the 1995 report.
	sti.srs.gov /fulltext/tr2000431/tr2000431.html (3366 words)

	STMicroelectronics \| OFFLINE FLYBACK CONVERTERS DESIGN METHODOLOGY WITH THE L6590 FAMILY
		The holdup requirement is the ability of the converter to keep the output voltage in regulation even in case of mains interruption (missing cycles).
		The input bulk capacitor Cin, along with the bridge rectifier, converts the AC mains voltage to an unregulated DC bus, Vin, which is the input voltage for the downstream flyback converter.
		Anyway, if holdup capability is required, a much larger capacitance values will be needed: the voltage ripple across C in is expected to be 25-30% of the peak value, after 1 mains cycle missing, which means that in normal operation the ripple will be much less.
	www.st.com /stonline/books/ascii/docs/7310.htm (11661 words)

	Holdup and Ducking Strategies
		Though both the use of the holdup and ducking are considered elementary,
		The main purpose of the holdup is to break communication between the two defenders.
		That is the number of times you should holdup before winning the trick.
	home.earthlink.net /~zebulonhsd/articles/blum/10.7.98.html (597 words)

	Danville Register Bee \| King Bridge open for traffic
		The bridge is actually two spans - one to carry southbound traffic and one for northbound travel.
		After the second bridge span opens Thursday, VDOT crews will coordinate traffic light patterns for the bridges, which will hold up traffic for a while until the lights are up.
		There is no ribbon cutting planned for the bridge, since that was done with the completion of the new bridge span.
	www.registerbee.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785209447&path= (486 words)

	Cianbro answers Md. bridge claims
		Cianbro, a Pittsfield-based construction giant, is the lead contractor for the repair and paving work on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and has been working since 2002 on the mammoth span that connects Annapolis, Md., with the state's Eastern Shore.
		Yet the cement poured on the bridge has cracked -- adding $7 million in repairs to the $60 million project and continuing long traffic delays that have frustrated motorists.
		The bridge's problems have been subjected to heavy media scrutiny in Maryland, and have even led one state official to resign.
	kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com /news/local/1386966.shtml (646 words)

	Bridge Writing Style Guide
		Almost all bridge writing involves the layout of various diagrams — the conditions of a deal, the cards, the bidding, etc. — and it is important to decide on an overall scheme.
		The most frequent error in bridge grammar is the misuse of the words “bid” and “call.” A bid states a number and denomination.
		In bridge, as in other fields, certain phrases are used so frequently that it is torturous to spell them out each time.
	www.rpbridge.net /7z69.htm (5092 words)

	The Wilcox Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dynamite, already tucked under the trestle, was ignited, and Jones was again ordered to pull ahead "and be quick about it." When he moved too slowly for the outlaws, one of them clubbed him with a gun butt.
		Although the bridge was not destroyed, the bandits had prevented the train's second section, whose headlight they had seen, from following.
		The other outlaws involved in the holdup were believed to be Harry A. Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid; Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan; and Will Carver.
	historynet.com /we/blwilcox_train_robbery (956 words)

	verbals_nsw_5_6
		The veteran verballers from Major Crime Squad North were set to bust an armed holdup gang, Wogs Without Work, so they dumped a "load-up" gun in Middle Harbour for two weeks to "let it age".
		The armed holdup unit decided to load them up because "we believed that they could become a very dangerous team capable of murdering someone during a robbery".
		P2 was taken to the Roseville Bridge, photographed, verballed and charged - but two attempts by police divers failed to find the dumped gun.
	www.ozbiker.org /archived_news/june10/verbals_nsw_5_6.htm (457 words)

	Bay Bridge bill on Schwarzenegger's desk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The deal includes raising all Bay Area bridge tolls to $4 in 2007, having the state kick in another $630 million and moving forward with a unique suspension-style design that Schwarzenegger had proposed scrapping.
		Because the bridge is a state highway, some Bay Area representatives complained that the state as a whole should be paying for more of the project.
		The move by Villaraigosa to oppose the deal was called "a dumb way to operate" by Perata, as any holdup could have added to the cost of the project.
	democrats.assembly.ca.gov /members/a55/news/an552005156.htm (675 words)

	Holdup and Ducking Strategies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though both the use of the holdup and ducking are considered elementary, many advanced declarers fail to use either properly.
		Don't be fooled by this guise because it still is usually necessary to holdup before you are forced to win your tricks.
		If you hold up once, when the defender's win a later trick they can no longer lead the suit or you will be able to sluff a card in either dummy or your hand and ruff in the opposite hand.
	naplesbridge.com /blum/10.7.98.html (655 words)

	Bridge contractor defends contributions to Republicans
		Nixon claims the old steel trestle is protected under an Interim Trails Agreement signed in 1987 by the state and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and that DNR doesn’t have the right to give it to Union Pacific without compensation.
		Blunt and DNR say the bridge belongs to Union Pacific and that the state can’t afford to refurbish and maintain it.
		Kettlewell said implications that his involvement with the Republican Party is influencing public policy regarding the bridge are ridiculous.
	www.showmenews.com /2005/Jun/20050602News006.asp (540 words)

	Drivers hail first toll-free day of crossing Forth bridge - Edinburgh Evening News
		Lorraine Cleverly, 45, from Inverkeithing, Fife, was the first to cross the bridge for free as she drove home from work at Tesco in South Queensferry.
		To answer your question: probably the vast tolls on the new bridge, which you'll be forced to use once the existing bridge is turned over exclusively to buses.
		I think the argument for tolls is that it cost around 20 times to build a bridge than it does to build a road the same length so those using this overly expensive piece of road should pay a bit extra.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /topstories/Drivers-hail-first-tollfree-day.3763841.jp (2779 words)

	baynews9.com - News : Work progressing slowly on Memorial Causeway Bridge
		It said the approach area to the bridge is almost done, as is the part of the bridge you actually drive on.
		The holdup is still because of unstable piers and the cracked column, though the Florida Department of Transportation said the contractor is making progress this week and next to correct the problems.
		The construction schedule for the Clearwater Memorial Bridge suffered months of setbacks when engineers said they found disturbing problems with the tallest section of the bridge, including cracks in the columns.
	www.baynews9.com /content/36/2004/12/16/65194.html (406 words)

	New bridge faces bird hold-up - Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture
		Similiar restrictions were placed on the building of a new bridge upstream, at Kincardine, and it is thought up to ten months could be lost due to the rules.
		The group claims the debate over a replacement crossing to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge, which may not be able to carry traffic after 2019, has been biased in favour of a another road-only bridge.
		We need the new bridge to carry trains too, then the existing Forth Bridge can be closed to rail traffic (but not demolished of course) and the millions that are spent annually on its maintenance can be diverted to other projects.
	heritage.scotsman.com /forthbridges/New-bridge-faces-bird-holdup.3327034.jp (1349 words)

	F.Y.I. - New York Times
		From the beginning, the bridge's architect, John A. Roebling, had included provisions both for cable cars and for a small railway to run between terminals on either end of the span.
		In 1948 the city decided to expand the bridge's capacity for automobile traffic by removing the trolley and el tracks and widening the roadway to three lanes.
		In a sense, you could say the combination of postwar prosperity and the suburbanization of the boroughs were responsible for the demise of the Brooklyn Bridge trains.
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