Solo Whist, sometimes known as simply Solo, is a trick-taking card game whose direct ancestor is the 17th century Spanish game Hombre, based on the English Whist.

Solo Whist derives from an early variety of Boston Whist through a Flemish form of the game called " Ghent Whist " and became popular in Britain as a relaxation from the rigors of partnership Whist in the 1890s, just as Bridge was appearing on the scene.

It is one of the earliest card games known in Europe and by far the most classic game of its type, directly ancestral to Euchre, Boston and Solo Whist.

In 1944, he was also commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin to write a Sonata for Solo Violin.

The story was converted into a strip in Aragonés's issue of DC Comics ' Solo.

operative carrying on a flirtatious relationship with Solo was also added to the film ; Craig does not appear in the television episodes.

Included in the set was the Solo pilot episode, as well as one of the films, One Spy Too Many.

On Saturday evening 25 June 2011, the main street of Solo in Central Java turned into a massive runway as the 4th edition of Solo Batik Carnival was staged before enthusiastic spectators.

The event was also attended by the Mayor of Solo, Joko Widodo, and vice Mayor Hadi Rudyatmo, who both followed the parade on foot from the start to the finish-line at the Solo City Hall, wearing distinguished costumes normally worn only by the nobility.

Lucas was eventually won over by Ford's portrayal, and cast him as Han Solo.

Many of Ford's major film roles came to him by default through unusual circumstances: he won the role of Han Solo while reading lines for other actors, was cast as Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available, and took the role of Jack Ryan supposedly due to Alec Baldwin's fee demands, although Baldwin disputes this ( Baldwin had previously played the role in The Hunt for Red October ).

Its single " Baby Got Back " was a number-one hit that went double platinum and won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.

Jaina kills Jacen in Invincible, the final novel in the series, leaving the Solo family stricken with grief, even as they acknowledge that his death was " necessary ".

Leia was loved by Luke Skywalker ( before their sibling relationship was discovered ), Han Solo, Prince Isolder ( before he met Teneniel Djo ) and others.

The story was converted into a strip in Aragonés's issue of DC Comics ' Solo.

The original Cavaillé-Coll console, ( which is now located near the organ loft ), was replaced by a new console in Anglo-American style and the addition of further stops between 1965 and 1972, notably in the pedal division, the recomposition of the mixture stops, a 32 ' plenum in the Neo-Baroque style on the Solo manual, and finally the adding of three horizontal reed stops " en chamade " in the Spanish style.

This instrument was rebuilt on a new gallery in the North Transept by William Hill & Son of London in 1868, to a specification of forty stops spread over four manuals and pedals, although the Solo department, which would have brought the total to well over forty, was not completed.

Solo yachtsman Robert Manry crossed the Atlantic from Falmouth, Massachusetts to Falmouth, Cornwall from June – August 1965 in the thirteen and a half foot Tinkerbelle-this was the smallest boat to make the crossing at the time.

One of Luke's last missions was the Battle of Gall against the Empire, in an attempt to capture the bounty hunters who had abducted Han Solo.

Tea at Five was a critical success and Mulgrew received two awards, one from Carbonell ( Best actress ) and the other from Broadway. com ( Audience Award for Favorite Solo Performance ).

His work, The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, with music on the life of Bessie Smith, was named " one of the top-10 Off-Broadway experiences of 2001 " by the New York Daily News, " Best Solo Show " by Florida's Broward / Palm Beach New Times, and won a second NYFA Playwriting Fellowship ( 2000 ).

The album was nominated for Best Americana Album in the 2011 Grammy Awards, and Plant's performance of " Silver Rider " on the album ( a cover from the Low album The Great Destroyer ) was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.

The first Blue Angel Flight Demonstration Squadron ( 1946 – 1947 ), assembled in front of one of their F6F Hellcat s ( l to r ): Lt. Al Taddeo, Solo ; Lt.

In Sept 1956, the team added a sixth aircraft to the flight demonstration in the Opposing Solo position, and gave its first performance outside the United States at the International Air Exposition in Toronto, Canada.

In 2011, Smith announced the first museum exhibition of her photography in the United States, Camera Solo.

* October – Eugène Dubois finds the first fragmentary bones of Pithecanthropus erectus ( later redesignated Homo erectus ), or ' Java Man ', at Trinil on the Solo River.

Solo, Anakin, and the thousands of people they saved head to Dubrillion, where the first major clash between the biological Vong and the mechanical New Republic occurs.

Lone Starr's costume is intentionally misplaced, resembling a Colonial Warrior from Battlestar Galactica and Ford's Indiana Jones costume ( he is seen wearing a cowboy hat in his first scene, which is set aside and not seen for the remainder of the film ) rather than that of Han Solo or Luke Skywalker.

" Going alone "," Going Solo ", " going all for one ", " playing alone hand ," or " going to prom " is initiated at the time the bidder orders the upturned card on the kitty to the dealer ( on the first round of bidding ) or names a suit ( during the second round of bidding ).

In May 2012, it was reported that she gave birth to her first child, a son, Solo.

The tour was completed successfully, but the line-up now contained two temporary members, and Lynott was spending a lot of time on projects outside Thin Lizzy, including composing and producing material for other bands, as well as putting together his first solo album, " Solo in Soho ".

The first single off the album " Simpre Tuya Desde La Raiz " peaked at # 1 in Mexico while Solo Por Ti peaked at # 7.

In 2002, Guzmán won her first Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album for Soy.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, the award was first presented to Bruce Springsteen in 1988 for the album Tunnel of Love.

Two compilation books of music from the series have also been published as Seiken Densetsu Best Collection Piano Solo Sheet Music first and second editions, with the second including Shimomura's tracks from Legend of Mana.

* Premiere ( 1995 )-This was the first set for the Star Wars CCG and included the characters of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa, C-3PO, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader as well as many other very useful cards that formed the core of the game.

Drew McWeeny noted, " Remember how cool Han Solo was in Star Wars the first time you saw it?

* October-Eugène Dubois finds the first fragmentary bones of Pithecanthropus erectus ( later redesignated Homo erectus ), or ' Java Man ', at Trinil on the Solo River.

From Israel, he spoke about his Romanian experience at length, first in an interview with writer Solo Har and then in a 1980 article for Shevet Romania magazine.

The first AOpen Mini-ITX motherboard was the i945GTt-VFA, it supports 667 MHz FSB Intel Core Duo / Core Solo Socket 479 CPU and Intel Viiv technology for setting up an HTPC ( Home Theater PC ).

An example of these is Han shot first, in which Han Solo, a gunfighter-like protagonist in Star Wars, kills an alien with subtle.

If the first four players pass, the fifth may play Solo.

The solo ECM performances by artists like Keith Jarrett ( especially his record The Köln Concert ), Ralph Towner ( especially his records Blue Sun and Solo Concert ) and Lyle Mays's first eponymous album, are usually thought to be an influence on Ambient / New Age music.

The first story focuses on Han Solo and his new friend and copilot Droma seeking the latter's displaced family throughout the war-torn galaxy.

However, Cetnerpoint Station is already activated, and even though Anakin Solo refuses to use it, his ambitious first cousin, Thrackan Sal-Solo, uses it to fire right into the Fondor system.