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Page 20 THE HERALD Wednesday January by Dick CavalU FRANK ERNEST by Bob Thaves LOSER by Art and Chip Sansom NORTH SO KQJ WEST EAST J 7 2 J 8 4 K962 SOUTH A985 3 A Vulnerable Neither Dealer South South West North East Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass NT 34 Pass Pass All pass Opening lead K Birthday No job for robots By James A new book Bridging the Gap by Peter Kichline is available from Granovetter Books Village View Bluff Ballston Lake NY 12019 Kich is an entertaining writer who has some good examples of situations in which it s right to ignore some tenets of play and bidding Look at todays deal and put yourself in Easts position defending against four spades After the king of hearts lead a rig idly schooled East may decide to show his heart by playing high low West would continue with ace and a heart ruffed by East but that would be the end of the defense Declarer would draw trump and later the po tential losing diamond would go away on the good queen of hearts Here is how Kichlme describes East play of the heart nine at trick one I consider this type of mistake intolerable be cause East acted like a robot when he gave the high low heart signal instead of noticing his natural trump trick Of course the right play for East is to simply play the three of hearts This discouraging card should cause West to make the logical switch through dummys A Q of diamonds and the contract will easily be set ft is impor tant to remember that the highlow signal with a doubleton is a useful tool but it should not be used when the de fender knows that the defense should proceed along different lines James Jacoby on Bridge and on Card Games written with his father the late Oswald Jacoby are now available at bookstores Both are published by Pharos Books 1MO NEWSPAPER ASSN Feb 1 1990 You might make an important change In the year ahead where your work or ca reer Is concerned The rewards will tes tify to the wisdom your move AQUARIUS Jan 20Feb 19 Persis tency and tenaclousness are your keys to success today Others with whom youll be involved might fade In the stretch but your luck will grow stronger as you near the tape 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 to Matchmaker PO Box Cleveland OH PISCES Feb 20 Your good humor and enthusiasm will spill over and Inspire others today Your attitude will make everything you undertake easier even if testy people are Involved ARIES March 21April You could be luckier than usual today In situations that are meaningful to you where both your finances and reputation are con cerned You may experience gains from chance as well as your efforts TAURUS April 20May 20 Your Influ ence over others la extremely strong to day and you should be able to effective ly sway or persuade small or large groups Promote pel programs GEMINI May 20 Lady luck tends to favor you today in matters that are meaningful to you In material ways Dont rock the boat because others can do more tor you than you can do for yourself CANCER June 21July 22 Try to asso ciate with your enterprising friends to day and not those who are indifferent fortunate developments could ensue If you get involved with doers LEO July 23AU0 22 Dont be limld about establishing lofty goals for your self where your ambitions are con cerned today Youre capable of achiev ing your desire Think big and expect big results VIRGO Aug 22 Take positive steps today towards making something lor which youve been wishing a reality Dreams can come into being if your ap proach Is methodical and consistent LIBRA Sept 23OcL 23 It looks like this might be a rather profitable day for you but not necessarily from things you Initiate Your gains could come in areas where you have played a minor role SCORPIO Oct 22 Your great est gift today could be your talent for taking the Ideas of companions or asso ciates and turning them into something far superior to what they originally envision SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dc 21 Due to a lucky turn of events you might find yourself In an position today where you can serve as the middleman and gain in a substantial manner from two unrelated developments CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan Youll Innately know how to make others feel Important today not through flattery or phony phrases but through sincerity You wont be doing this to feather your own nest yet It will CELEBRITY CIPHER Celebrity cryptograms ore quotations by pan and Encti letter I he stands lex Today clue W equals PZSH GLFBRAW- IHDRHAB DNBEHA ZQRHA ZJJ NT LJOHA RPZB TLOR IHDRHAB GLFBRANHD H E H VFABD suing ijjeisaM J3 pinous