Woman with black thumb seeks plant help from Ann Landers
Dear Ann Landers, a reader asks advice for her gardening woes. She describes dying plants and unhealthy trees while neighbors enjoy thriving flora, seeking guidance on why her indoor and outdoor greenery fail.
Ann Landers and a Crime of Fashion Toys and Profits
A collage of cultural notes on a self help columnist exchange regarding a gardening hobby, a provocative doll sold to women, and corporate profits. The letters discuss a garden book by C Z Guest, the Uncle Sherman flasher doll, and wholesale after tax profits rising to four billion dollars in Q2 1976.
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Unexpected developments cost declarer in slam attempt
In a 6NT contract West led a club and East showed out on a diamond, exposing a 4-0 diamond split. Declarer misread a 4-0 division and followed from dummy on the club, losing control and going down one, with the key lesson that a 4-0 diamond split makes slam unlikely and requires careful timing.
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West
East
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