Dear Polly Pointers and Homemaking Tips
Readers share practical housekeeping ideas from ironing zippers with hot starch to moving a chest freezer to the laundry area. Suggestions include spray starch for zippers, using a drop cloth under kids parties, netting in mop water to lift shoe marks, and storing pillow slips in plastic bags to prevent discoloration.
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Sophia Loren Remains A Force Behind Hollywood Fame
In Rome on a NEA assignment Erskine Johnson portrays Sophia Loren amid Rome heat at Cinecitta on the set of The Fall of the Roman Empire. Loren reflects on Hollywood and her Oscar success, noting only two films she values Houseboat and Bay of Naples, while acknowledging the demanding, non stop attention on set.
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Sophia Loren
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Hydrangea lore and coastal gardening notes
The piece outlines two origins for hydrangea name and notes its salt coastal resilience. It covers Atlantic City Hydrangea Club achievements, Hydrangea Trail details, varieties tolerances, soil care, and mulching. It also mentions plastic sheet mulches, a semiautomated planting tractor, a US wildflowers book project, and a new pink hybrid tea rose Eiffel Tower winning Rome prize.
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Atlantic City
Hydrangea Club
Eiffel Tower
Herbert C. Swim
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Armstrong Nurseries
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Jacoby's Bridge 3 5 and Pass By Oswald Jacoby
In NEA service notes, West opens four spades as a barricade bid. North doubles, South removes the diehard, and Bobby Nail of Houston defends by discarding a club. Nail reasons misreads and anticipates diamond breaks.
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Word Puzzle Clues From a 1930s Newspaper Page
A crossword style list from a newspaper page presents clues and answers across many definitions from liquids to fabrics. The page includes entries like liver oil water streams lakes and terms for virtues, tools, and adjectives, framed by an advertisement line for the Austin Daily Herald.
Bridge bidding puzzle with six spades after hearts
In a bridge bidding sequence East South West North 1c 1d 29 4a 59 5a Pass, South holds 42 YAQI7T65 4 hAAKI8B7. You are asked what to do. The proposed answer doubles and there is a question about defending against six spades after five hearts. Tomorrow's answer.
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Refugees Move Across Europe Under League of Nations
Between 1917 and 1920 about 1.5 million Russian political refugees relied on European charity. Coordinated by the League of Nations, many states granted privileges and aid. A recognized pass port allowed the refugees to travel between nations in search of work.
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Charity of Europe
League of Nations
Europe
Manners Advice Quietly Dismiss Annoying Seatmate
A reader suggests handling an irritated travel moment by quietly addressing the issue with the offending male seat companion. If possible, request another man nearby to swap seats for comfort.
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