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THE HERALD Wednesday September Page 23 JAMS by Jimmy Johnson lt BANK Lift A cup MORTGAGES J by Dick Cavalli well dont WITH YOU Ill defend to the death your to say stupid ILL BET VOLTAIRE WAY AT ALL by Bill Schorr HOW IVE A THIS LAW I WW QUITE AWHILE by Joseph EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider Birthday Sept 1989 Small things will have a way of adding up beneficially lor you in the year ahead Step by step and line by line you mighl even surprise yourself regarding what you II be able to achieve and accumulate LIBRA Sept Oct 23 Your intuition is likely to be more than usual today so if you get a persistent hunch about something It will prove wise to heed your Inner voice to patch up a broken romance T Astro Graph Matchmaker can help to un derstand what to do to the rela tlonship work Mall to Mat PO Box Cleveland OH Oct 22 Don pass up any jpporlunitles today that give you a to socialize with friends advantageous could devel or from discussions with pals SAGITTARIUS Nov 21lnca reer situations today It looks like you II be able to come up with some bright Ideas that could put you a few paces ahead of your competition Don t be afraid to test what you conceive CAPRICORN Doe 22Jan 19 Treat all of your experiences philosophically to day even the good and the bad This will enable you to properly cope with anything that might develop AQUARIUS Jan 19 Keep in mind that a small profit Is always better none You won t be disappointed today if your expectations are In line with what you are legitimately entitled PISCES Feb 20 Instead side stepping difficult decisions today face them courageously Being or wlshy washy are the only things that can defeat you ARIES March 21April Instead of merely doing only what Is expected ot you today exert yourself and do a bit more You remdustrlousnesswillnotgo unnoticed with the boss TAURUS April 20May 20 You II bo an enjoyable person to be around today because youre not apt to take yourself or circumstances too seriously Your demeanor will encourage others to do likewise GEMINI May 21June 20 you have any disagreements with your mate to day do not be overly insistent upon get ting the last word In Instead let the matter drop so that It does not grow Into something more Intense CANCER June 21July 22 Your skills as a sales person will be very effective today I be too hard tor you to come away with the order regardless how tough your prospect is to sell LEO July 23Aug In business or fl matters today small but essen tial points that others may overlook won t escape your attention This will give you an edge In your dealings VIRGO Aug 23Sept 22 In roles where you must exercise your authority today underlings won t mind doing your bidding because what you II ask of them will be voiced as a request rather than a command lit NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE NORTH 9 K 3 K 10 4 AK32 EAST KQ 10 G 92 J9 4 SOLTH J A J72 AQ J Vulnerable Both Dealer South west North 3 4 Pass East Pass All pass Opening lead K One step too far By James To do a complete job of counting the hand sometimes you have to dig a lit tie West led the king of spades East overtook with the ace and returned a spade When West played a third spade declarer ruffed in dummy with the 10 of diamonds Next declarer played the queen and jack of Everyone followed so West had started with six spades and two di South cashed dummys A K of clubs discarding a heart and ruffed a club West followed to the third club At this point it was known that West could not hold more than two hearts so the right play in any event was to play East the hand with greater length in hearts for the queen But de clarer decided to really count out the hand He played a diamond to dum mys king and ruffed dummys last club with bis ace of diamonds When West followed showing that he origi nally held four clubs it was a sure thing to play to dummys king of hearts and back to his jack Lesson Declarer did more than was necessary When he played to the king of diamonds and ruffed the last club he was placing himself in a losing po sition if West bad started with only three clubs That would make it ible for West to hold Qx of hearts It would still be the right percentage play to finesse against East for the queen but remember declarer is now out of trumps If he loses to a double- ton heart queen in the West hand he will go down an extra trick since West will have a good spade to cash James Jacoby books Jacob on Bridge and Card Games written with his father the late Oswald are available at bookstore Bfith are published by Pharos Books lilt NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN CELEBRITY CIPHER C4MM1y cipher Iran by tanwut Each In or V V NVKO a OYY N V W a M J LK O E elt a a a i a V T aoioip l AsatHs