Dear Abby Letters On Tipping And herpes Hope
A reader asks if servers should ask for change and tip adjustments at lunch with a $15 bill. Abby advises: state you want change and tip 15 to 20 percent based on service, calls the practice presumptuous, and urges servers to return change as a courtesy. The column also features readers sharing hopeful messages about living with genital herpes and finding love.
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Abby
Boston
North Carolina
North
Carolina
Darling
Herpes Foundation
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Donation of organs gives life
Reader letters praise organ donation and explain donor processes. A team of physicians evaluates potential donors, seeking family permission after determining death. Organs such as kidney, liver, heart, lung, and pancreas are retrieved with blood supply, or after brain death, within minutes. Some tissues can be used 12 to 24 hours after death. Contact a local hospital to volunteer.
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Dr. Donahue
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Across and Down Puzzle Clue List
A cryptic style word puzzle excerpt lists across and down clues with numbers and partial hints. It mentions a 25 minute solution time and references a Cryptoquip and Odessa American interactive site for puzzles.
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Ekf
Oapa.com
Daily Horoscope and Birthdays for July 20 1998
A broad daily horoscope with sun signs Aries to Pisces. Highlights include Gemini and Virgo themes of opportunity and directness, Taurus budgeting and decisive purchases, Cancer caution with distance good news, Leo direction and finance gains, Libra leadership and risk, Scorpio creativity and feedback, Capricorn project momentum, Aquarius successful talks, and Pisces managing overload with romantic notes.
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Gemini
Leo
Entertainment Briefs and Sports Scores Reel Through Patchy Clipping
A compact bulletin lists diverse items from NFL scores to NCAA basketball, pro wrestling, and stock market notes. It mentions the Permian Basin Bike Association and a stock quote hotline, with brief references to precious metals and crude oil.
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Permian Basin
Financial News
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Bridge bidding lessons for common respond rules
A series of sample hands and advised responses for different vulnerable and nonvulnerable hands. Shows when to raise to two in response to partner opening suits and when to rebid or push toward no trump, with emphasis on suit quality, length, and trump support.
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Hale
Letters to Abby and Dr Donahue addresses
Letters to Abby may be sent to Universal Press Syndicate 4900 Main St Kansas City Missouri 64112. Letters to Dr Donahue may be sent to North American Syndicate 235 E 45th St New York NY 10017.
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Abby
Universal Press Syndicate
Main St
Kansas City
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