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Burnstine and nine others were named Life
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164:(Simon & Schuster, 1938), by Burnstine, Jacoby,
140:(New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1932), 118 pp.
225:Pocket outline 4 Aces system of contract bridge
214:(Four Aces, 1935), by Burnstine et al., 28 pp.
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