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Show 2 PUZZLES & FEATURES The Salt LakeGribune THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE ByRichard Thomas TT SUNDAY,December27, 1998 Lack of Satisfaction Not Satisfactory PUZZLE Dear Ann:A while back, ANN LANDERS you printed a letter from a young woman whowas upset y v > 4 UY vy Goodbye Girl” TS 1 Tey ot 9 Kod a B “By me” jane Austen ‘ove “Outrageous!” © Hindu nearnation Pressure Times two w 1 {ait she had a baby. You advised 25 Brewsky buys: 5 64 165 66 se | fo | 7 | 78 79 30 81 67 oy 74 Hawkeye's colleague 1 T |7s 176 |+ 71 Rose protectors T 83 ie o ay iis + ee | i 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Eo 101 Pinball problem 102 Seasoned hands 1 Itmay berigged 2 Say so 104 Made bubbly 108 Like a tiny town 3° | 116] fe Tabs the goldtome 75 Developer's map 76 Having “it 78 Second before this countdown 79 80 82 83 Superior’s inferior Tadpole’s “turf” Civil for one Oedipusfollower =a es Hot crime Conditions Pans' partners *Respect”-ed singer Holler Oper closing Ford between Henrys Poet Edwin Dadaist Ernst 15. Sightfrom Shankar ofsitar fis fuss [aor + | | 29 Bugs's mouthpiece 32 Lifts 34 Part maker 35 China setting 36 Woofer output 37 Tory rival 38 Gad about 40 225 deg 41 Dweed 43 Not on the level 44 Hollow rocks 89. Specks on amap 90 Fit to be tied 91 Comics’ Annie, for one 92 El (fabled rich city) 93 Lover with a ladder 94 influenced 96 Chin dimple 98 Beach color 99 Pee Wee of the 45 Photographer ‘Adams 46 Shades 100 “Desert Fox” Rommel 102 Norwegian 111 Theball drops! 4 —Dan (1970s 18 Storm in Kuwait? 48 Vermont's Allen 49. Fill beyond full 103 Junk e-mail 13 Teacher's 24 Business mag. band) 5 Notall thumbs 26 Activating, as a bomb ‘sculpture 51 Vegas line “Mr. Mom” 106 Workfor 50 Painting or Bicys outthe problem. imagination can ignite the flame andstart the homefires burning.” Thad the same problem — for 14 years. My husbandlost all interest in romance and sex relationship for 14 years has a Ann, I have nothing against stepmothers. Mine is wonderful. But at events suchas this, sandwichesshort ofa picnic. it is important to remember thatit is the BRIDE’S day, and if she is not close to her step- clinker in her thinker. Your ex also sounds as if he is two If you had written to me the minute we were married. I scheduled romantic getaways, whenyoufirst got married, but my husband refused to go. He“wasn't in the mood” or “wasn’t feeling well.” vice: Get joint counseling, and see if you can pump somenormalcy into your relationship. If I wasn'tcritical, and I didn’t he won't go,go alone. If that nag. I prepared candle-lit dinners and boughtchiffon night- doesn’t work, dumphim. P.S. mother, the woman should this would have been my ad- step aside. Please remind peoplethat sensitivity, maturity anda little class will serve them far better and earn them morerespect than forcing themselves where they don’t belong. — Caring Cousin Out West You didn’t mention children, so I assume there are none. ies and nice perfume. Nothing changed. I decided I was pressuring him too much and stopped asking for sex. The result was no sex for four years. After much counseling,I realized my husband's refusal of intimacy was a form of emotional abuse. I stayed with him for 14 years, hoping things wouldgetbetter. They never Dear Cousin: You remind- Q ed them,and I thank you. DearAnn:Will you please Qa tell me whatthe correct place is for stepmothers at the stepchild's wedding? Dear Ann: Recently, you printed a letter about a chow Mycousin “Lila” was marTied recently. Sheis a beauti- ful, bright person, and we love hervery much. Theonlyhitch in the wedding was herstepmother. Lila is not close to “Jean,” but Jean is usually did. You did a grave disservice man bite is much more dan- cordial and respectful. Jean is their marital problems with a good imagination and a romantic weekend. Sometimes, the onlyfix is divorce. — Older and I know the family wasn't telling them they couldfix — Springfield, 11, Mom Dear Mom:No,I'm not not that much older than Lila, surprised. A dog’s mouth con- thrilled when she married Lila’s dad. Neither Lila’s father nor her stepmother contributed one dimeto the wedding, and they didn’t help with the arrange- and Wiser in Maine Dear Older: My advice was for normal people. You and your ex-husband don’t quality. ments. Just before the ceremo- A married woman who would settle for such an unsatisfying dog that bit a child. When our daughter was 2, shebit a young playmate Would you be surprised to learn that a hugerous than a dogbite? I was. to many desperate wives by ny started, Jean objected to the seating and proceeded to tains muchless bacteria than a human's. Rememberthe phrase “Cleaner than a hound’s tooth”? Write to Ann Landers c/o Chicago Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 THE BACK PAGES igers Chamonix 16 Food formula 17 Low-down joints O. Henry speciaity | | 67 In 68 Warn ala Lassie 70. Part of Miss Mutfet's meal cc 18 Rifle 119 Benchmarks 120 The last word favorite 77 Like a suit with a vest 65 Night flier 66 Place on piles talon tee tio | 114 Kind of whistle 115 “He's — duck!” 16 Nevada opener 117 They often offer a 97 Toss about 1 Corinthians 8 | 1, fae | e a] ia] rless ies so fox 92 Tse pees ie comparatively 2 [ss 15 % 81 61 Unrutfe feathers 62 Bill of “The Price Is Right” 63 Kate's sitcom partner . away childish things”: | cy 85 “Over the Rainbow" composer 86 Fire 87. Beginnings 90 Upto date 94 Charon’sriver 95 Made a check pay 96 Songof the season Rose” ie a ms] 1 j 57 Midler of “The fr le ies [80 Tar 3 finger mie i fm a7 8 |e] = 56 Put up with 5 25 ED a1 | | Tested togs or = eee eT | = oe 54 Foolhardy mz | her, but she made so much noise, dozens of guests were craning their necks to check said, “A woman with a good ar ae ding party. Wetried to quiet her to hire a babysitter and makereservations at a nearby 52 Festive fete 0 JRL Small college ague ba to each memberof the wed- motel for the weekend. You ee ps ye see ee as | = + Ethyl ending |] becausethe bride didn’t give her a rose when she gave one intimacy in her marriage since Times Square Countdown < 1 Masonof “The move people around. After the ceremony, Jean had a hissy fit aboutthe lack of romance and By Ana Baraban Snapshots of Utah history fromthearchi ves of The Salt Lake Tribune port 105. Ms. Garr of 107 Strip for racing 109. Barn bird 10 Milne marsupial U2 They've 3 feet U ® BY TRICKY RICKYKANE Every answeris a rhyming pair of words (like FAT CAT and DOUBLE TROUBLE), and 2. Knockdownacting great Gregory (1) they will it in the letter squares. The numberafterthe definitiontells you how many p military officers’ elegance (1) syllables in each word LOL “s of Shea Stadiumplayer(1) Tmitit) (CTT ETT NOV.5, 1939 This painting, by Jenne Magafan, Colorado Springs, Colo., won a national federal-works prize and waseventually placed as a mural into the then new Helper postoffice. Magafan’s depiction of an 1800's post-office scene was among 1,470 entries in the national contest. Nearly 74 artists split $38,000in prize money. The contest allowed winners to “paint their murals, depicting the American wayof life, past and present, on the walls of a new post office in every state in the TMT {. Wound headdress foundin acity (2) union.” 998 Unted Feature Syndicate, Inc s glib sales talk (2) Cowboys Dealt Poker Hands to Die For SCMV7Z1'1H SCUVZLML ALAS ALIASUE “9 UALLVd NVAMAL AVE") SSVIO SSVU“ MOdd MOga % SLAa Cie Yo The Tout Diameter of he Sun atts Equator(In Mies) NEWSOF THE WEIRD |The November Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, featured very popular Youngarrived in court after in the middle of the rodeo arenaas if playing cards, and a particularly aggressive bull is turned loose. As the bull rush- ‘Electronic devices and a chemical substance’ FISCHER RESIGNS though the late Ewfim Geller ne of the strongest players of after 25. ... Ke6 ntury, he will be remem. »y some not for his stellar play but as spokesmanfor the Sovi javik, Iceland during 2 Fischer-Spassky Match. Vith Spassky trailing 10-7. rel vade the astounding charge 1 electronic devices and a hemical substance might have Geller play. aid Geller, leave his chair wins the pot, which totaled around $300. In 8 | thetable to splinters, but two HB tz cowboys remained in their chairs. | me le “that I observe sual slackening of concen y ofimpulsive. # Ly @ |RR “It is the first S&S nvestigation by technical ex perts al revealed nothing more unusu: than two dead flies in the light juipment. Clearly, the Russian rid Champion was not himself causes were inner and psy hological rather than external Years later, Spassky — who lost the match by a 124% to 2 score — hat could have beaten F er in Reykjavik evn though he Arr ective an was at the time ob- through 20 - before afinal loss in game to offer support for Spa claim. Fischer admit tedafterwards that dyring the run ’ a: d « Fischer WHITE TO PLAY of draws — in which Spassky squandered atleast two winning terrible.” Below is a win over Fischer by Geller, the player, from a 1967 tournament Fischer.. = 1. e4 5 2. NFB d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nfé 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 opportunities — “the pressure was 8. Qd2 9. Rbl 10. £5 Qxb2 Qa3 Ne6 Farmsin Marshall, Texas, came under severecriticism in Novemberfor having purpose- ly bred a litter of deformed cats with short,slinky front legs (because part of vital boneis missing) and six-toed & back legs that allow the cat to abedefgh WHITE GETS THE QUEEN factors” as and special light vailable at Fischer's in- one match, the bull reduced M@The owners of Karma a employed by the Americans his es the table,the last cowboy to BEGINNER'S CORNER stand uplike a kangaroo. The first ““Twisty Kat,” said owner Vickie Ives Spier, which was bred by accident, was‘so adp uaenb ayy sjas Sia WLM % ‘SIO FT IGON “T FWAN “H00 SMANNIDTH 1 woRNjos 11. fxe6 12. Nxc6 ISD 14. Nxd5 15. Be2 16. 0-0 17. Khi 18. c4 19. Rxfl 20. Bgd 21. Bxe6 22. Qel 23. Bed 24. Bdl 25. RfTch. White resigns(a) for sale. Several animalrights groups howled, and Spier said Houston Chronicle report, free-lance advisers Roderick Nd5 exd5 dxe5 BeSch RE8 Rxfich Bb7 dxc4 Qa3 Be4 Rb8 Kd7 Ke6 Note (a): If 26. Rxg?, then is crushing 4 breed morebut denied that she intended to raise the Kats she has received death threats. According to an October fxe6 bxc6 cies mired” that she decided to MacElwain, 47, and Neal Cald- well, 47, have set up a canopy in a park alongthe shore of White Rock Lake in Dallas, nearly every Sundayfor the past three years to offer pass- Rbl CHUCK SHEPHERD bosses, finances, home repair or nearlyany other subject. oO Protests In September, Don and Penny Karchset upa display of much as his outfit was ("light brown jumperwith a pattern ofviolet and blue pansies over a flowing white dress with red and orangefloral prints,” wrote the Daily Telegraph). Andalso in London, Falklands War hero Brian “Lynda” Waling’s march in the Remembrance Day parade in Novem- ber was duly noted (blue skirt, white handbag,floppyhat, all smartly set off by his military medals). 28 toilets in their back yard in Pittsfield, Mass., to complain about an adjacent, restroom- less convenience store, whose patronsin need occasionally relieve themselves behind the store, in full view of the Karches’ kitchen window. And Edward Aragi dragged a dead deerinto a People’s Bank branch in Stamford, Conn., in November to get employees’ attention about an alleged clerical error on a bounced check. And Levent Kirca, who is Turkey’s Jay Leno, went on a hungerstrike in November after the government sacked his TV show because he had made fun ofanofficial who proudly proclaimed her virginity. QO ersby (according to their Fashion News homemadesign) “Free Advice.” They had 15 callers that first day and have progressed These days, when a man in the news reveals for the first time that he is a transvestite, now to a point in which people it seemsnot so muchto shock as to provide newspapers with about relationships, neighbors, ‘ don in November, formerfi- queue up undera nearbytree for the opportunity to hear what they ought to be doing nancial fund manager Peter being indicted on massive fraud counts, which were not discussed by the press as “Cowboy Poker” contests,in which four mensit at a table a chance to weave a fashion report into thestory. In Lon- Q It’s a Profession Christine Bergmann,Minister of Womenin the new Schroeder administration in Germany,said in November that she would soon submit a bill calling for health, retirement and unemployment bene- fits for prostitutes, as well as providing a legal right to sue Johns who don’t pay up.Also, She said, prostitutes should be ableto retire, with full bene- fits, by age 60. And in a stark contrast to the strict no-prosti- tution policy in the Mao Tse- tung era, the city of Shenyang. China, recently began acknowledgingits estimated 100,000prostitutes, by taxing them. oO Y2K Blues In November, Roland Dougoud, age 105, received letter from the local government in Echallens, Switzerland, de- manding that he register for school, along with 65 kids whosebirth year also is “93.” y I |
