Doctor answers questions on thyroid conditions and treatments
The doctor explains causes of slow and overactive thyroids on men and women and addresses the effect of menopause and illness. He cautions that thyroid pills may be needed in various conditions and discusses symptoms, tests, and when to worry about weight, hair, pulse, and energy levels.
West North 10984 84? &KQ104 Bridge Play
North-South play during a match point duplicate, South chooses four spades over four hearts after a three spade raise by North. West doubles to maximize score hopes as spade layout dictates the final result with down one for four spades and a strong match point.
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Dear Polly Pointers From Practical Homemakers
A collection of reader Qs and answers from Dear Polly. Tips include repurposing outgrown skirts into child dresses, adjusting fringe with a nail brush, cleaning with a single bag of waste after room-by-room chores, washing crocheted pieces outdoors with bleach, using a copper boiler to whiten laundry, and methods to keep a box mattress from slipping on a box spring.
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Bridge bidding puzzle asks for move after auction and holdings
In a bridge bidding sequence West North East South 1¢ Pass 2 h Pass 3& Pass 3 Pass, South holds AAQBET UK 632 MAQIOSA. With partner's five hearts showing two aces, decide the next contract. The suggested answer is four no trump and then respond to five hearts two aces.
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Woman in Tel Aviv Slum Ends Quarrel with Cry and Reconciliation
A resident in a Tel Aviv slum argued with a neighbor and armed herself with a stick before anger shifted to despair and remorse. She wept, then reconciled with the neighbor, finding relief in a good cry.
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First Baptist Church Dallas Largest US Protestant Congregation
The First Aptist Church in Dallas claims to be the nation’s largest Protestant congregation with 13,538 members.
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Canada’s National Parks Grow From 260 to 29200 Square Miles
The World Almanac notes that in the 1880s Canada created its first national park covering 260 square miles. Since then the park system expanded to 29,200 square miles, roughly the size of South Carolina, highlighting growth of Canada’s protected areas.
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PRISCILLA'S POP ACROSS 1 Prophets and clues
Across clues include Prophets at 1 and 6 Source of vaticination. 12 Eagle's nest 13 Prisoner 15 Carpenter's implement 16 Commotion 17 Set of tools 18 Coteries 19 Winged 20 Guido's high note 21 Fish eggs 22 Valuable for 24 506 Roman numerals 26 Communists 29 Distress signal 32 Feminine appellation 36 Prophecy 38 Stitch 39 Solar disk variant 40 Piece of furniture 42 Farm bird 46 And so forth abbr. 49 Timber tree 51 Verbal 52 Plural of lorum 64 Footlike part 55 Genus of cattle 56 Raised coll. 57 Buntinglike cloth 59 Cut wool from sheep 60 Wolflike animals 61 Dangerous 1 Enervates 2 Kind of fisherman 3 Muse of try 4 Washed lightly 5 Observe 6 City in Florida
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