Despite having only 11 high-card points, opposite diamond shortage, her hand had at most five losers (two spades, one heart, at most one diamond and one club).
If, like me, you are an acolyte of the Losing Trick Count, North showed at most eight losers, but this hand has nine-and-a-half: three spades, three hearts, one-and-a-half diamonds and two clubs.
South, after drawing one more round of trumps with dummy's jack, cashed the spade ace, a safety-play to ensure at most one loser in the suit when that was possible.
The company had two losers on its hands.
More accurate arithmetic: Put two losers together and you get a smaller loser with bigger debt.
The two most recent losers of U.S. Presidential elections, John McCain and Mitt Romney, issued a joint statement in reaction to the executive order.
Obama acknowledged that the executive order marked a departure from American electoral tradition, but added, "A lot of good will come of this". The two most recent losers of U.S. Presidential elections, John McCain and Mitt Romney, issued a joint statement in reaction to the executive order.
He can see three losers: two spades and one heart.
A minimum opening bid is assumed to contain seven losers.
But for every winner there are four losers.
