Canasta Lesson on Handling Bad Hands and Play Tactics
A Jacoby column discusses coping with poor hands in Canasta. It contrasts the realistic player who endures a setback and moves on with the avoidant player who delays action and loses points. The example references eights, melds, natural queens, jacks, and a joker.
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Santa Claus
Canasta Discard Strategy Amid Card Draws and Safe Plays
The fragment discusses choosing discards after drawing from the stock in Canasta and mentions staying safe from disaster while awaiting melds. It references a red suited gentleman, Santa, and Memend as cues for safe actions. The text emphasizes preserving a safe discard sequence until the hand ends.
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Cansasta Strategy and Scoring Q&A From Mr Jacoby
A muddled excerpt discusses Canasta play including discarding the jack, melding, and why throwing the jack ends the draw anxiety. It notes how a hand with zero melds can still leave a plus score, and explains that totals between 1500 and 3000 require a first meld of 90 points. It mentions Mr Jacoby addressing readers questions.
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Rules For Public Speaking Outlined
In Los Angeles Dr Waldo Ips of the University of California says nervousness before audiences is normal even to seasoned speakers. He outlines three rules to control trembling: use gestures to release excess energy prepare carefully and have something meaningful to share with the audience.
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Waldo Ips
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New Battery Uses Magnesium and Cuprous Chloride
A new Mago battery uses magnesium and cuprous chloride instead of lead plates and sulphuric acid. It reportedly accepts discharge to zero and occupies only 16 cubic inches, signaling a practical power source for small devices.
Growing Years film promotes Girl Scout aims for girls
A 20 minute movie The Growing Years narrated by Henry Fonda teaches Janet and other girls teamwork, sharing, and community service to combat loneliness among youths. Scouts plan to screen it nationwide in schools churches and clubs to encourage participation and civic values. Helga and Peter Neuhofer, German students on scholarships at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, reflect on America’s freedoms and comforts and urge peers to appreciate and protect them.
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Sound Proof Vault Hums Hiss in RCA Lab
New York researchers describe a vault like chamber built to dampen sound where murmurs persist as a possible diet of molecules hitting eardrums or blood flow. The lab uses room-filling padding and a grated floor to absorb noise.
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Tackle Spring Beauty Brush-Up
Alicia Hart surveys a seasonal personal makeover urging a full beauty brush-up for spring. The piece details face and body brushing routines from shaving brushes to back and elbow care, plus fabric care like brushing clothes to keep joints and pockets neat.
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