Dear Abby retirement shakeup mirrors quiet social needs
Abigail Van Buren addresses readers about how retirement can reduce spousal social activity. The letters discuss a husband preferring solitude, a wife wishing for shared plans, and advice to pursue individual interests, with notes on communication and timing for social outings.
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Couch Potato
Spud SR
Akron
Ohio
Your Daily Horoscope Lines From A Cosmic Daily Page
A colorful horoscope column mixed with Pisces guidance and daily signs. It blends playful personality notes with sun sign forecasts for Aries through Pisces, urging confidence, flexibility, and social focus while highlighting two-person dynamics and practical cautions.
Test Your Card Reading: The Winning Spade Play
In a duplicate bridge deal East, with eight high cards and a singleton heart, is known to have eight points. Declarer should play a low spade from hand at trick nine to force West to keep the ace-jack, aiming to limit losses to down one for a better matchpoint score.
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Outh
East
West
South
Crossword Sharpen your everyday crossword skills
Puzzle page presents a themed crossword with numerous clues across and down. Readers tackle entries from Steep rugged cliff to Wall Street debut, with references to famous songs, actors, and places. The grid includes hints for musicians like Johnny Mathis and Barry Manilow and a nod to pop culture terms.
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Lanka
Blige
Sudoku puzzle instruction from SUD KU Puzzles by Pappocom
A Sudoku puzzle note instructs about filling the grid so each row column and 3x3 box uses digits 1 through 9 with no repeats. It directs solving guidance and to check Freedom Newspapers USA on sudoku.com for the solution page and enter the first five numbers.
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Freedom Newspapers
USA
Understanding Zestril Lisinopril in Blood Pressure Care
Reader asks about continuing lisinopril known as Zestril and Prinivil. Doctor explains it is an ACE inhibitor, long standing safety, no observed side effects for the reader, and advises to continue prescribed therapy.
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ARIES
Taurus
Sokak
Gemini
DR. Donohue
This Day in History May 1 2008 Highlights
Highlights include Dewey’s Manila Bay order in 1898, the 1707 creation of Great Britain, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro premiering in 1786, the Empire State Building dedication in 1931, Whittaker’s Everest summit in 1963, Elvis’s Las Vegas wedding in 1967, and Bush’s 2003 Iraq War declaration aboard USS Abraham Lincoln with Mission Accomplished banner.
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Mozart
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Empire State Building
James W. Whittaker
Mount Everest
Elvis Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu
Las Vegas
Bush
California
Iraq
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