If a player has no face cards in her hand, then she may declare Carte Blanche, which is worth 10 points.

This she does by quickly showing her hand to the opponent while saying " Carte Blanche ".

Carte Blanche must be declared prior to exchanging cards.

Only one player may declare Carte Blanche.

If the Elder has not declared Carte Blanche, then the younger may.

In 1965, First National City Bank bought Carte Blanche from Hilton Hotels.

Similarly the more recent continuation Bond novels — the 2008 Sebastian Faulks novel Devil May Care and the 2011 novel Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver — both contained the character.

Lady Blanche resents the Princess and predicts that one day she will replace her as head of the university ( Come mighty must, a song often cut from the D ' Oyly Carte productions ).

* In the 2011 novel Carte Blanche written by Jefferey Deaver, the character of James Bond states that he is a practitioner of Systema.

He took a job in the mailroom for the Carte Blanche Credit Card Corporation, owned by the Hilton family.

However, as part of its licensing restrictions, it could not broadcast news programmes, which were still the preserve of the SABC, although M-Net started broadcasting a current affairs programme " Carte Blanche " in 1988.

Diners Club's monopoly was short-lived, as American Express and Carte Blanche ( which later partnered with Diners Club ) began to compete with Diners Club in the T & E card market.

Carte Blanche originated as a travel and entertainment card owned by Hilton Hotels, and competed with American Express and Diners Club.

Throughout most of the 1960s and 1970s, the Carte Blanche card was considered to be a more prestigious worldwide travel and entertainment card than American Express or Diners Club, though its small cardmember base hindered its success.

Carte Blanche also was the first to implement a " Gold Card " program, but initially only as a means to recognize cardholders who were frequent users and paid their bills on time.

In 2000, the Carte Blanche name was revived in the United States when Diners Club, which was also acquired by Citibank in 1981, introduced an upscale version of its card: the Diners Club Carte Blanche Card.

Carte Blanche, produced by Combined Artists, is the flagship magazine and actuality programme on M-Net, a pay-TV channel broadcasting in Southern Africa.

Carte Blanche was launched in 1989 and broadcasts during prime time viewing on Sunday evenings.

To celebrate 22 years on air on 12 September 2010, Carte Blanche allowed their audience to direct the show live via Facebook and Twitter.

Carte Blanche has developed a high degree of credibility in South African television journalism and has been awarded over 120 local and international awards.

Carte Blanche has also covered the story of a world champion free diver.

Carte Blanche Extra launched on 24 January 2011.

Carte Blanche launched Carte Blanche Consumer on 21 January 2010, anchored by Devi Sankaree Govender.

Sullivan had been satisfied with the libretto, but two months after Ida opened, Sullivan told Carte that " it is impossible for me to do another piece of the character of those already written by Gilbert and myself.

* October 25 21-year old Michael D ' Oyly Carte, grandson of theatrical impresario and hotelier Richard D ' Oyly Carte, is killed in a car crash in Switzerland

Carte announced his ambitions on the front of the programme for the latter: " It is my desire to establish in London a permanent abode for light Opera.

" The Observer reported, " Mr D ' Oyly Carte is not only a skilful manager, but a trained musician, and he appears to have grasped the fact that the public are beginning to become weary of what is known as a genuine opera bouffe, and are ready to welcome a musical entertainment of a higher order, such as a musician might produce with satisfaction ".

In March 1884, Sullivan told Carte that " it is impossible for me to do another piece of the character of those already written by Gilbert and myself.

The name is derived from the Savoy Theatre, which impresario Richard D ' Oyly Carte built to house the Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, and later, those by other composer – librettist teams.

If the nexus of Carte and the Savoy Theatre is used to define " Savoy Opera ," then the last new Savoy Opera was The Rose of Persia ( music by Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood ), which ran from 28 November 1899 – 28 June 1900.

After Carte built the Savoy Hotel in 1889, the entrance to the theatre was moved to the hotel's courtyard off the Strand, where it is today.

However, D ' Oyly Carte eventually restored the duet, and in modern productions it is usually performed.

Smarte Carte, a company that provides baggage carts to many airports around the world, is headquartered in White Bear Lake, near Interstate 35E and Ramsey County Highway 96.

His 1718 map, Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi was the first detailed map of the interior of what is now the United States.

On Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi ( 1718 ) by Guillaume Delisle and on A Map of North America ( 1768 ) by John Blair, the St. Croix River — more specifically what was then known as the east branch of the St. Croix River ( known today as the Namekagon River )— is shown as the Ouasisacadeba, a French representation of the Dakota name for the St. Croix River.

In Clélie, Scudéry invented the famous Carte de Tendre, a map of an Arcadia where the geography is all based around the theme of love: the river of Inclination flows past the villages of " Billet Doux " ( Love Letter ), " Petits Soins " ( Little Trinkets ) and so forth.

The song is included in the 1924 D ' Oyly Carte recording, but on none of the three recordings the Company made after that ( 1932, 1955, 1965 ).

Baker never performed on stage with the D ' Oyly Carte Opera Company, but he recorded many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with that company and others and was known for his excellent diction, which is crucial in their rapid-fire patter songs.

French period ( Fort Kaministiquia ): Kamanistigouian, as a place, is first mentioned in a decree of the Conseil Souverain de la Nouvelle-France dated 23 August 1681 instructing one of two canoes to make known the king's amnesty to coureurs de bois, although the Kaministiquia River is depicted on the 1671 " Carte des Jésuites " as " R. par où l ' on va aux Assinipoualacs à 120 lieues vers le Nord-Ouest.

" Kamanistigouian ," as a place, is first mentioned in a decree of the Conseil Souverain de la Nouvelle-France dated 23 August 1681 instructing one of two canoes to make known the king's amnesty to coureurs de bois, although the still unnamed river is depicted on the 1671 " Carte des Jésuites " as " R. par où l ' on va aux Assinipoualacs à 120 lieues vers le Nord-Ouest.

James II's papers identified the father as " E. Carlingson " ( according to the copy made by Thomas Carte around 1740 ) or " the Earl of Carlington " ( in the copy by James Macpherson in the 1770s, the independence of which is unclear ).