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Alley Oop by Dave Graue & 3ack Bender
Arlo & Janis
by 3immy
3ohnson
Funky Winkerbean by Tom Batiuk
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
You’re likely to establish a number
of new contacts in the year
ahead, both in terms of business
and social connections. There will
be several among them who might prove to be of considerable
help to you in furthering your dreams.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) C A good opportunity
might be dumped in your lap, but you might have to prime
the pump a bit to get a positive flow started. Don’t hesitate
to begin an outpouring and get back what you gave.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) C This is an eEcellent
time to let your thinking be known, especially with someone
you’d like to impress. At the very least, take some
kind of confident action that eEpresses your desires.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) C There’s no need to
think that asking a friend for help makes you look inadequate
or weak. On the contrary, it shows the confidence
you have in yourself.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) C If you are prepared to
do some skillful negotiating that requires the use of all
your smarts, you’ll have a far better chance of succeeding
with some kind of business or financial haggling.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) C It behooves you to do
more listening than talking when in the company of some
successful friends who are discussing ways and means
to make money. Profitable pearls of wisdom may be
revealed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) C There are better-than-usual
chances for forming a joint agreement concerning an
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endeavor in which you offer the eEperience and eEpertise
and the other person is putting up the startup funds.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) C Although your associates
may have some good ideas, yours are likely to be
better because you’ve probed the areas in depth. Theirs
come from merely skimming the surface.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) C Take advantage of fraterniKing
with coworkers away from your place of business.
In a relaEed setting, an eEchange of ideas could
breed something quite beneficial for you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) C If your main objective
is to please your customer or client, business and pleasure
should miE quite well. Partake in something that s/he
enjoys, so this person will be happily at ease.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) C You might discover
that all your anEiety and reluctance to face a situation
has been in vain once you confront the situation. Be
bold about anything that means a lot to you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) C Give priority to
matters of substance that could enhance your material
security. It is futile to waste your precious time and energy
on unprofitable issues or projects.
ATUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 9) C If someone with
whom you have to deal is one who bases his/her judgment
more on feelings than on logic, you might want to
take what this person has to say with a grain of salt.
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Everything has
its time and place
Novelist and journalist
Christopher Norley, who died in
1X5S, said, ^The real purpose of
books is to trap the mind into
doing its own thinking._
This deal contains a trap. Think
clearly or you will fall into it.
You are in siE no-trump. West
leads the spade king. What would
be your plan`
North’s three-club response
showed five-plus clubs and eight
BRIDGE
or more points. Then he leapt
majestically to siE no-trump. Real
bridge players don’t ask for acesb
It looks obvious to play low from
your hand at trick one. If West
continues with another spade, you
get two tricks in the suit. But if
West believes his partner’s discouraging
spade four, he will shift.
True, if he picks a heart, everything
is fine. Suppose, though, that
he leads a diamond.
You win in your hand, cash the
king-jack of clubs, play a diamond
to dummy’s queen, and take the
last three club tricks. You can discard
two spades, but what is your
third pitch` If you throw the heart
three, you can take only one heart
finesse. If you part with the heart
jack or queen, East can cover
dummy’s heart 10. You must go
down one.
True, if West does lead a second
spade, you can cash the heart
ace ea Vienna Coupg and squeeKe
him if you correctly guess that he
has the heart king. But it is much
simpler to assume that the heart
finesse is working. Win the first
trick, cash your clubs, cross to
dummy in diamonds, discard three
spades on the clubs, and call for
the heart 10. You must collect one
spade, three hearts, three diamonds
and five clubs.
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