West overtrumps and squeezes in bridge expert column
South and West bicker over four spades in a Gazette bridge analysis. West opens diamond, mishandles trump order, leads heart, and suffers a fatal squeeze after a clever end play by South. The piece evaluates alternative lines and invites reader questions for the Experts column.
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Cyclamate Safety Question Stymies FDA Decision
Washington AP reports FDA head Donald Kennedy cannot confirm cyclamate safety after six years of studies and proceedings. Cyclamate, once common in diet drinks, was banned in 1970 as a possible cancer risk. Abbott Labs appealed the ban. Kennedy calls for more data while Abbott argues delay.
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Mother laments car pool life in June 28 Cedar Rapids Gazette
A mother venting about years of chauffeuring roasts the toll of car pools. She jokes about reincarnating as a non driving mother who paints sunsets and bakes bread while noting how driving shapes her daily habits and vocabulary.
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Unclear encounter with a mysterious man and a rush to recall
The narrator hands a Shell card to a man who fills a car with gas, then guides him to a kitchen bar and asks him to lock the door. He nervously summons unfinished business and leaves, while the narrator questions his memory and hints at a looming deadline involving Ralph Nader.
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Sex education moves into New York fifth grade classes
New Yorks Board of Education proposes a new sex education program to discuss masturbation abortion birth control and homosexuality in some fifth grade classes. Spokesman Mel Warren says the plan aims to curb teenage pregnancies by updating the decade-old family living curriculum and involving students in decision making.
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Did you know about household water vapor and air?
A fact about a four person family showing normal daily activities like cooking washing and even breathing can add over ten gallons of water to indoor air each day.
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