Dear Abby reader woes spark blunt office advice
A readers column features tips on dealing with noisy chatter in a medical office and how to handle in law interference with a baby's name. Abigail Van Buren urges setting boundaries and choosing to verbalize when pressed for time. The exchange includes responses to several complaints and ongoing dating confidences.
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Bethany
Jacksonville
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Your Daily Horoscope Highlights a Year of Relaxation and Growth
The column advises Aries to lead with self control while others may take the lead, urges taking time for relaxation, and notes changes in romantic dynamics for singles and couples. It hints at social blooms for Libra, practical tweaks for Virgo, and a shift toward letting others take the lead in Aquarius and Pisces, with nightly suggestions.
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Trust and misleads decide a bridge six heart contract
In a bridge deal South uses Blackwood against a four no trump menace. West opens with a diamond queen and East risks an overzealous play to promote the king of diamonds, hoping for two spade tricks. East deduces West is void in spades, leveraging partnership trust to convert a potential set into a sure one.
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Crossword Puzzle Clue List From A Scattered OCR Text
A fragmented crossword style list shows Across and Down clues with misread letters and spacing. The text mixes example puzzle items with partial entries such as Nitwit Comedian and Gorilla Jack Benny's valet and many garbled words, lacking coherent clue numbering or complete solutions.
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Flavor
Royal Entertainer
Crony
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Smokers and Antioxidants Questioned by Reader
A 64 year old smoker asks if antioxidants raise lung cancer risk. Dr Donohue says no blanket ban on antioxidants for ex-smokers but warns beta carotene supplements increase lung cancer risk in smokers.
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Cryptoquip puzzle explanation by King Features Syndicate
The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher where one letter stands for another guiding clues from single letters and short words to locate vowels. Solve by trial and error, a method explained by King Features Syndicate Inc in 2007.
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On This Day March 21 2008 Highlights From History
Today is Good Friday. Notable anniversaries include Bach birth in 1685, Code Napoleon adoption in 1804, Juarez birth in 1806, Marines in Honduras in 1907, UN HQ at Hunter College in 1946, Sharpeville killings in 1960, Alcatraz closed in 1963, Selma march in 1965, Dunn v Blumstein residency ruling in 1972, and Sharpeville anniversary shootings in 1985 with death toll reported between 29 and 43.
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Ala
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