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BORN LOSER by Art and Chip Sansom IDIDOptrAL MEEK by Howie Schneider the FRANK ERNEST Bob BANK IN ACCOUNT IT by Joseph by Bill Schorr TO A TOWHACKER WINTHROP by CavaUi are you Gave TO CO WHEN LVALUE SCRATCH PLACES SOUTH K8 Vulnerable NorthSouth Dealer West Wat North East Pass Pass 3 Pass All pass Opening lead Birthday The heart suit holds the key By James When you bid a close game you hope that all your high cards are work ing If nothing is wasted 10 tricks will often come rolling in Unfortunately declarer wasted his effort by trying for a swindle play rather than for a fa vorable distribution of cards West led a diamond Declarer rose with dum my ace and immediately led the jack of spades from dummy He hoped that East would cover the jack with the doubleton king or queen thus crashing his partner lone honor under the ace No such luck Declarer now led a club West won the eight cashed the queen of spades and exited with a diamond Eventually the defense took two heart tricks to set the contract The correct play offers good chances for success Win the ace of di amonds and ruff a diamond Then lead a low If the defenders play an other club win the ace and ruff a club Ruff dummys last diamond and then play ace and a spade West will now be on lead Rather than give a f and a ruff West must lead a heart Of course if you are looking at all the cards it is easy for declarer to make two heart tricks but West might cause South to go wrong by leading the jack of hearts If declarer decides that West holds of hearts he will play low from dummy and East will later make two tricks with the A10 It is more likely that West will lead the heart five and now declarer should have no trouble holding his heart losers to one trick James books Jacoby Bridge and Games written with bis father the Oswald are now available at bookstores- Both art published by Pharos Books Jan 1990 Interesting alterations may be In the of f- Ingforyouln the year Situations that were previously negative could now be turned into something positive and hopeful CAPRICORN Dee 22Jatt 19 Com panions will respond towards you In the same manner you treat them today you begin pointing out their frailties they show you areas you re not so perfect either Trying to patch up a broken romance The AstroGraph Matchmaker can help you to under stand what to do to make the relation ship work Mall 2 to Matchmaker PO Box Cleveland OH AQUARIUS Jan Youre not likely to work too well under pres sure today so dont let important mat ters slide until the last minute If you re not on top of things ihey get on top of you PISCES Feb A friend of yours who is a pretty good manipulator might try to operate In a way today that will make you feel responsible or himher Don be taken in ARIES March 21April 19 Subdue your opinions today and make an to go along with the will of the majority Even if your options are better others won t appreciate your aggressiveness TAURUS April 20May 20 Persons with whom you associate today will have a strong Influence over your out look and attitude If they are negative thinkers you are likely to slip Into that mode as well GEMINI May Some unde sirable changes may be Imposed upon you today which youll have strong Incli nations to resist This could be counter productive so try to make the most of the hand you are dealt CANCER June 22 In a matter where allies are required use your best judgment to determine how much true support they can really offer Dont waste time on Ineffective alliances LEO July 23Aug You must be ex tremely careful today as to whom you delegate critical assignments For the sake of expediency you might select persons who cannot cut the mustard VIRGO Aug 22 Sticking your nose into a situation where it doesn t belong today could turn out to be a big miscalculation It could penalize you so cially as well as monetarily LIBRA Sept 23Oct 23 Family Issues could be the most problematical ones with which you have to deaf today If you see storm signals within your household do all you can to help quiet the winds of discontent SCORPIO Oct There are Indications you might not have too many accomplishments about which to boast today This Is because youre apt to scatter yourself too thin and try to do more than you can manage SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dec 21 Usu ally stinginess plays an Insignificant role In your generous nature but today this trait may dominate In ways that could tarnish your Image CELEBRITY CIPHER Celebrity Cipher cryptogram from quotations by famous people past and Each tetter In the cipher stands lor another Todays due J equal N- D K D FGV CS IDNH LA GWGDJ DV LGPH M88JHY CGIIZIQF UGJPFHGV jauoos saeisiui pi NOWTIOS