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teAALrt feWge EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider FRANK ERNEST by Bob Thaves SAM CAT JV J OUT A of Y by Dick Cavalh OUR NBA TEACHER WANTS US TO LARKEV by Bill Schorr TON ASTROGRAPH birthday Conditions In general In the year ahead should be more comfortable than they have been In the recent past Just be cause thing will be Improving however should not be used as an excuse to be wasteful ARIES March It s com mendable to be able to say nice things about our but be very careful you don t attempt to flatter the serving today Insincerity will be readily perceived Trying to patch up a broken romance The Astro Graph can help you to understand what to do to make the relationship work TAURUS April 20 You II be well aware what you should be doing today where your career Is concerned but there Is a chance you might not ex the necessary effort to achieve your goals Don t drag your feet GEMINI May 20 Be optimistic regarding the outcome of events today but try to see things as they are and not as you wish they were If you re a dreamer Instead a doer you re likely to fall short CANCER June 22 If you re in volved In a situation today where there Is something to be shared don expect more than you deserve because you could be disappointed LEO July 22 If you have to team up with someone today In order to achieve a common objective be sure to select a partner who can make a contrl button and la not just your yes man VIRGO Aug 22 Under cer tain conditions today there is a you might be inclined to make promises you il later hard to keep just because you do not want to hurt an other a feelings LIBRA 23 Members of the opposite gender will find you tlve today but not necessarily as ap pealing as a manipulator may make you think Keep your guard up SCORPIO Oct 24Nov 22 Someone on whom been counting may prove to be a severe disappointment to you today The impact can be consider ably lessened If you make an allowance for this person frailties Nov 23Dc There Is a possibility you may be a trifle flirta tious today and you could unwittingly flash some signals to the wrong person Be very careful where you cast your rov ing eye CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan 19 You may not be too shrewd a shopper to day especially if you are looking for bargains pertaining to merchandise about which you know little Remember the old adage Buyer beware AQUARIUS Jan 20Fb 19 If you want to delay making decisions in mat that solely affect you that s one thing but If you procrastinate In that affect others you be doing them a disservice PISCES Feb 20March Be helpful to others where you can today but don let someone who can easily take care of dump problems on you Be a pal but not a patsy BRIDGE BERNICE JAMES NORTH J72 WEST 4 10 EAST If 8 K8 Q 10 7 SOUTH Vulnerable Both Dealer South South INT West North Pass 3 NT All pass Opening lead Both sides have a chance By James Jacoby Here is a deal where depending upon the choice of plays both defend and declarer have a chance to shine but not at the same time Lets first try defender East After South opens with a strong notrump and is raised to three West leads a spade When wins and plays a diamond to the jack it is natural for East to win the king and return a spade Too bad De clarer wins plays on more diamonds and gives up a trick to West but still has control of the hand What if East simply plays low on the first diamond letting dummy s jack win the trick South will surely return to his hand to try another dia mend finesse East now takes the king and declarer is no longer able to set up a long diamond trick so the contract is set You can say that declarer could have gone up with the ace the second time diamonds were led but that as sumes that the declarer could see through the backs of the cards How ever X ray vision is not necessary for declarer to make a play that will guard against any but the most bizarre distribution in the diamond suit Let him simply win the first spade and play a low diamond from both his hand and the dummy Of course the defense wins the trick but now South can play a second diamond to the jack East will win but dummy diamonds will be good and the club king will be th entry to get to them Declarer sacn fices a possible or two to give himself the best chance for guar anteeing nine tricks James Jacoby books on Bridge and on Card Games written with his lather the late Oswald are now available at bookstores Both are published by Pharos Books CELEBRITY CIPHER C C yplograms are created from quotations by famous people past and present Each tetter In the cipher stands or another Today a clue Q equals C X L W P R X O VARTWUG KVMKUV WZVG R CZMUV UMW KVMKUV WXGLOF WM SV MOV T M W W HLWOFVXRUN i ripens