East plays deceptive ace to thwart 3NT contract
In a bridge hand from Becker defense, East wins a diamond with the ace after West leads clubs and continues clubs. South, thinking West holds the diamond queen, repeats a diamond finesse, but East holds queen and banks spades, forcing the declarer to a failed ninth trick. East's strategic diamond ace and spade return altered the play, though any reader with full visibility would have made 3NT.
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East
West
Declarer
South
Dear Abby columns on sex attitudes and pet affection
Abigail Van Buren’s 1977 syndicated column presents readers’ letters about a 25 year marriage marked by revulsion to sex, a demand for no therapy, and belief in being content. It also includes Phyllis Kimura Hayashibara’s plea to stop using Mongoloid and a note on pets as family.
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Abby
Phyllis J. Kimura
Hayashibara
Dazed
Chichi
Editorial Note on Reasonable Service and Sacrifice
A concise editorial analogy cites Romans 12 1 urging living sacrifice as a reasonable service. The author argues reasonable service is costly, framing virtue as costly devotion in spiritual life.
Mushrooming The Easy Way Family Trip Yields Bountiful Harvest
Chuck Gibson and his family toured northern Illinois visiting his sister where motel growth suggested a good mushroom run. They collected and cleaned fresh mushrooms in large containers and brought home several gallons of timber delicacies soaking in salt water.
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Chuck Gibson
Illinois
Chuck
Tomato Troubles and Tiny Laughs From Ainsworth Garden
A reader recounts failing tomato plants despite sun and rain water, finds morale in a Friends magazine article explaining tomatoes as botanically fruit but culinarily vegetables, and jokes about garden hopes for the 1977 crop. Also shared is a humorous household tally about a suburban family, ending with the line that the author will do the task again zero times.
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Lawrence Wilson
Ainsworth
Taxpayer Sends 25 Cents For Taxes With Note
A humorous tale from the April 15 headache era describes a new taxpayer who sent the Internal Revenue Service twenty five cents with a note claiming he could pay his taxes by the quarter.
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Internal Revenue Service
Texan to Use Small Cars as Grocery Carts
A Texan visits a car dealer and places an order for thirty six small models. The salesman asks if the cars are gifts, and the man explains he is opening a supermarket and will use the cars as grocery carts.
New Father Learns Crying Babies Echo Debt Warning
In a hospital nursery a proud new father watches babies cry. A nurse explains that newborns would cry if they faced job loss and government debt of 2050 dollars, linking infant distress to financial strain.
Moonlight Camping Memory Sparks Quiet Reflection
Two campers recall a bright full moon and an earlier scene of untrodden wilderness versus what it becomes after visitors. The exchange contrasts beauty with transformation as night settles over the camp.
Boy Uses Insurance Card To Compare Report Cards
An eight year old named Bobby worries about grades and shows his report card to his father along with an old card found in the attic. He uses the card as insurance to reassure his dad about his effort and progress.
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Bobby
Why do lashes number forty in Mosaic law and more
L M Boyd explores curious trivia and quick facts from history and daily life. He notes Mosaic law limited whip strokes to forty, quizzes readers on weight limits of a 20 mule team, the difference between atolls and islands, animal defense behavior, and presidential writing habits.
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B. Jay Becker
NORTH
King of Clubs
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Lean Axbby
Abigail van Buren
The
Chicago Tribune-N.y.news Synd. Inc
Phyllis
Washington, Lowe
Dick Knapp
Nancy
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Blondie
L.M. Boyd
Africa
Soumen Tasavalta
Finland
U. S
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Wilson
Harding
Marion
Ohio
L. M. Boyd
P. O
Weatherford
Venus
Savings and Loan Associations
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
United States
Teno
Is Apother Feather Loan Association
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