Dear Abby letters reveal superstition and workplace respect
A reader-MISERABLE IN MILWAUKEE-seeks comfort about palm readings and a foretold death of her future husband. DEAR ABBY advises palmistry is entertainment, offers a hopeful interpretation, and promotes love. Additional readers share charity card ideas and handling religious harassment at work with guidance.
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Abby
Palm Reader
Milwaukee
Your Daily Horoscope Highlights Year Ahead Pressures and Relationships
A compact daily horoscope with Aries through Pisces guidance. Emphasis on handling pressure, finances, and relationship dynamics. Notes include potential singles meeting someone, work-focus affecting partnerships, holiday spending cautions, and personal growth themes for each sign.
Purloined Trick Stuns in Bridge Duel at Pair Event
South player Chip Martel of Davis, Calif., faced a long auction and penalties for doubles, then executed a daring spade lead to rattle West. He raked two spades, two diamonds, the ace of clubs, and two club ruffs, relying on a guaranteed trump trick to seal the doubled contract.
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Chip Martel
Davis
Calif
North
West
Martel
East
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Word Bank Listing
The page presents a mixed crossword style with across and down clues, some garbled by OCR. It includes entries like Presaged, English channel, Needle case, Privy, Blue hue, Raggedy doll, Sarge, e.g., and various numbered hints, plus a note about solution time and puzzle access.
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Capa.com
Puzzle instructions from Pappocom and sudoku site
A reader is guided to fill a 9 by 9 Sudoku grid with digits 1 through 9 so that every row column and 3 by 3 box contains all digits without repetition. The solution is available on Freedom Newspapers USA via www sudoku com and requires entering the first five supplied numbers from the page.
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Sudoku.com
Freedom Newspapers
USA
UMBLE THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME BY HENRI ARNOLD
A scrambled word game by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion appears in this page segment. The item highlights playful word puzzles and puzzle creators, noting the collaboration between Arnold and Argirion.
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Henri Arnold
Mike Argirion
What the fisherman was left with when he sold his catch
A playful cryptic item explains the pun NET PROFIT. The phrase points to the fisherman’s gain from selling fish, using NET as the punny link.
Does cold or warm water best remove germs from hands
Reader asks if hot water removes germs from hands. Dr Donohue says any water temperature can remove germs as the physical action of water dislodges them, hot water does not kill most germs, and boiling water is required to kill germs but should not be used on skin.
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Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Tok
Virgo
Dot Tek
LIBRA
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
DR. Donohue
Donahue
Orlando
Rbmamall.com
This Day In History Highlights From 1803 To 1989
This December 20 marks major events from 1803 Louisiana Purchase transfers to 1989 U S troops entering Panama in Operation Just Cause. Notable milestones include 1790 Pawtucket cotton mill opening, 1860 South Carolina secession, 1968 Steinbeck death, 1987 Dona Paz disaster, and other key dates.
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France
United States
New Orleans
Pawtucket
South Carolina
Savannah
William T. Sherman
Office of Price Administration
John Steinbeck
New York
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Mindoro Island
Panama
Manuel Noriega
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