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JUSTIN CORFIELD Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, railroad magnate, three times the skipper of a winning yacht in the Americas cup, and great-grandson of the noted financier Commodore Vanderbilt, invented Contract Bridge along with three others aboard [...]

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TERESA CARRUBBA From the oldest examples of Byzantine origins, with their hieratic sacredness, to the later types embellished with dazzling silver, enamel and stones, icons still emanate that savour of mysticism, above and beyond the [...]

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TERESA CARRUBBA Frivolous, romantic, prim, austere or practical, in the choice of her wedding dress the bride expresses her intimate inclinations.  And her taste.    But it has not always been like this.  In the past   [...]