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THE HERALD Wednesday April 12 Page BORN LOSER by Art and Chip we Are WINTHROP by Dick Cavalli I KEEP ABOUT THE NATIONAL PRODUCT WHY WOUtDDrVBODV WANT TO BUY FRANK ERNEST by Bob Thaves WORKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS fs MEEK by Howie Schneider by Bill Schorr JAMS by Jimmy Johnson NORTH 54S K5 A8 WEST EAST J 10 J9742 SOUTH 7 A764 Vulnerable Both Dealer South 1 Pass Bait Soutb 1 4 Pass Pass Pass Pan Pass Opening lead K jYour Birthday Overbidder goes scotfree By James Aggressive bidders have to play their cards well or they become quick ly ostracized from polite bridge soci ety In todays deal South really bad no right to hang bis partner by bidding slam after North bad carried on to five hearts South of course was hop ing for more high cards in Norths hand And truthfully either the queen of diamonds or the king or jack of clubs extra in the North hand would have provided a reasonable play for slam West led two rounds of spades South ruffed with the ace of hearts and played the queen of clubs West cov ered with the king and dummy won the ace A spade was ruffed with the king of hearts and the heart 10 was over taken by the jack dummy Dummy s last spade was ruffed with the heart queen and the heart eight was over taken by dummy nine Declarer now led out the remaining hearts from dummy throwing a club and a iriond from his hand On the last heart from dummy East had to come down to three cards In order to preserve the jack of clubs he reduced to only two diamonds Meanwhile declarer since he did not see anybody throw away the club jack bad nothing better to do than keep three diamonds to the ace and hope for the best Sure enough the seven of diamonds became a winner thus ensuring that South would contin ue overbidding for the rest of his days James s books Jtcoby on Bridge and on Card Games mitten with bis father the late Oswald Jacoby are bow available at bookstores Both are published by Pharos Boob April 18SS In the year ahead you are likely to expe rience a substantial alleviation of trou blesome factors In fact some of the crosses been forced to bear could now turn Into crowns ARIES March 21Aprll You should have the enviable ability to keep events In proper perspective today and this could mean that little annoyances that devastate others arent even likely to faze you Trying to patch up a broken romance Trie AstroGraph Matchmak er can help you to understand what to do to make the relationship work Malt to Matchmaker P O Box Cleveland OH TAURUS April 20May 20 Today is a good day to provide a small luxury that will please a family member Even if the cost bruises your budget a bit the I prestation It will generate will be worth It May There a possibility your smaller Interests may out today but don despair be cause your successes to come fro larger issues Focus your efforts on them CANCER June 22 If there is something substantial you re hoping to achieve today don permit yourself to get caught up in Insignificant details because they could stall your momentum LEO July 23Aug 22 You could be ex tremely lucky today In any dealings you II have with your more Influential friends The same might not be true In Involvements with people who lack clout VIRGO Aug 22 Your Intu ition could be equally as reliable as your Intellect today Success in your endeav ors Is likely if you utilize your gifts collectively LIBRA Sept 23Oct 23 Good things could happen for you today through the friends with whom you II associate A word caution however far best re sults overlook their minor fallings SCORPIO Oct 24Nov A sudden and fortunate shllt could occur for you today In matters that are meaningful to you financially Lady Luck will be taking a personal Interest in your affairs and she II be trying to put a smile on your lips SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dec 21 Trad ing on your own personal experiences could be of more value to you today than acting on the advice offered by others If something worked successful ly for you in the past it can be replicated CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan shortchange people for whom you are performing services today instead put forth your very best efforts A good per formance promises commensurate re munerations AQUARIUS Jan 19 Partner ship arrangements should work out for tunately for you today but not neces sarily In adding to your resources In this area they might even cost you a few pennies PISCES Feb 20March Evaluate merchandise you bring Into your house hold today in terms of quality rather than price A dollar saved could turn out to be a dollar earned If you focus on bargains not value CELEBRITY CIPHER tptier cryptograms from Cipher cryptograms ostium rather F J J U XFMDJOKEJ M XME VU KEJ VESK FVU XFMQMXSJQ XKI NOIini08