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Bridge reached the height of its popularity in the 1960s. As its players aged without new players replacing them, it came to be seen as a game for the elderly. The game is seeing a resurgence, mostly on college campuses. Many newspapers have a bridge hand (showing the cards and suggesting the optimal play) as a regular feature, usually near the crossword puzzle. Paul Allen, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett play bridge regularly, as did Deng Xiaoping (whose only title upon his death in 1997 was Honorary Chairman of the China Bridge Association). Creator/OmarSharif was at one time ranked in the top 50 players in the world, and worked on a syndicated newspaper column about it along with lending his name to a long-running computer version of the game.

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Bridge reached the height of its popularity in the 1960s. As its players aged without new players replacing them, it came to be seen as a game for the elderly. The game is seeing a resurgence, mostly on college campuses. Many newspapers have a bridge hand (showing the cards and suggesting the optimal play) as a regular feature, usually near the crossword puzzle.CrosswordPuzzle. Paul Allen, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett play bridge regularly, as did Deng Xiaoping (whose only title upon his death in 1997 was Honorary Chairman of the China Bridge Association). Creator/OmarSharif was at one time ranked in the top 50 players in the world, and worked on a syndicated newspaper column about it along with lending his name to a long-running computer version of the game.

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