Comments on: Financial Times 14076 Armonie http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/07/financial-times-14076-armonie/ Never knowingly undersolved. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/07/financial-times-14076-armonie/#comment-200236 scchua Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:34:32 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47425#comment-200236 [[grandpuzzler, you're absolutely right. I thought I had stumped all (those who gave a thought to it, anyway). Well done! There was another link for Elizabeth Taylor/Cleopatra. Legend has it that the latter was poisoned by a snakebite, but some historians think it was a self-administered drink containing ACONITE(19d).]]

]]> By: grandpuzzler http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/07/financial-times-14076-armonie/#comment-200209 grandpuzzler Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:26:10 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47425#comment-200209 [[Ursula Andress was in She. Elizabeth Taylor was in Cleopatra. Stewart Granger was in King Solomon's Mines. Charles Aznavour sang She. All tie in to R. Rider Haggard.]]

Thanks Armonie and scchua.

Cheers…

]]> By: Ferret http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/07/financial-times-14076-armonie/#comment-200175 Ferret Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:10:06 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47425#comment-200175 Thanks scchua…..

]]> By: scchua http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/07/financial-times-14076-armonie/#comment-200167 scchua Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:03:36 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47425#comment-200167 Hi Ferret, this link gives quite a bit of background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sharp
Apparently a short step from being skilful to using that skill to cheat, for some that is.

]]> By: Ferret http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/08/07/financial-times-14076-armonie/#comment-200164 Ferret Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:27:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=47425#comment-200164 I’ve always thought that a card sharp was a skilful player rather than a cheat?

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