Bad play brings bad luck in a bridge hand
East took ace of clubs and led a trump. Hard Luck Joe failed a finesse and struggled with a 5-1 diamond and heart distribution. North notes the hand was cold if the correct finesse had been chosen, allowing two heart discards on diamonds and preserving three heart losers. The analysis pins the loss on misfiness and 5-1 suit break.
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East
Trump
Joe
West
South
North
Uth
Dummy
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
L. M. Boyd on purse handling and trivia fixes
A collage of practical tips and trivia notes covers purse snatching defense using inverted bags, census omissions, a Welsh sexograph tradition, Alfred E Neuman’s origins, the Green Room name origin, medieval table manners, and a misplaced bone on the floor custom.
Barbs on marriage adages and a TV doctor critique
A satirical note questions the wisdom of hasty marriages and mocks a television repairman who labels customers as patients. The piece wittily contrasts altruism with tax shelter motives and highlights the misuse of terms in the repair trade.
Crossword Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mixed
Clues cover medical picture slurp malarial few lie under the breath attacker rime fortune tell sew with auctioneers word radiation measure Buddhism type lament Siamese language more equal ancient notation repair shoe source of metals goblet part stain collection orient chats dozen less three eggs attestation for rowing on the briny emerald isle crafty con tendere plea Florida county Christian holiday thorny shrub church part 365 days girl similar compound day number sighted sticky eat substances at all times essential shape nostrils Nostrils Ibsen rocket ornament character novelist Bagnold Auld Lang tuft strong man of Chinese myth philosophy
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Briny
Emerald Isle
Horoscope roundup highlights for Gemini to Taurus
A midsection horoscope lists Gemini to Taurus with short forecasts. It notes Gemini’s friendly coworker help, Cancer and Leo benefits from leadership and generosity, Virgo openness, Scorpio social ideas, Sagittarius favorable outcomes, Capricorn cooperation, Aquarius high stakes luck, Pisces sociable cheer, Aries family gains, Taurus frugal warning and the incomplete Taurus entry.
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Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Aries
Taurus
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Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
Captain
Meldrum
Cory
Melorum
Bugs Bunny
MR. Bunny
Earth
L.m.boyd
Thomas Jefferson
Wales
Mad Magazine
Alfred E. Neuman
Kansas City
Green Room
Phil Pastoret
Ann
Carlyle
Frank and
Ernest
Ernie
Lady Luck
Eek & Meek
Buz Sawyer
Dewer
Siew
NEA Ic
Reed
Cyntra
Veronica
Taier
Diana
Party
Florida County
Actor Graves
Lowa College
Mexico
Cape Kennedy
Racetrack
Ibsen
Bagnold
Auld Lang
Gemini
Astro-Graph
Radio City Station
N.Y
Leo
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