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Feb. 26, 1990: Business Notes:Leisure
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Feb. 26, 1990 Predator's Fall
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 55
Business Notes
LEISURE
What Tycoons Do for Kicks
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<p> Figuring the odds and bidding shrewdly are crucial skills
for such high rollers as billionaire investor Warren Buffett and
Bear Stearns chairman Alan ("Ace") Greenberg. That makes them
all the more formidable at a favorite pastime of theirs: bridge.
After the stock market closes, they bring their talents to
high-powered card games at New York City's exclusive Regency
Club. Their frequent opponents include CBS chairman Laurence
Tisch and centillionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes.
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<p> The bridge-playing tycoons are much in demand for
competitive events. This week the four cigar-chomping bigwigs
and a few well-heeled friends will represent the American
Contract Bridge League in a London play-off against a British
team composed of one baroness, one lord and several other
parliamentarians. "The opposition is in for problems," says
Forbes. But then again, "the House of Lords probably has more
time to practice."
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