Show rrr TWM Page 16—The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 5 2000 SHERMANS LAGOON 7 t write icmx&'K MtWT tow MONO LOST Ttotoone-iFtooN- same e OfitmiTlH 3 PM mom NEWYORK (AP) — As he’s being lowered into the water off southern Australia u a shark cage author Peter Benchley has a sudden morbid thought “One of these days one of these fellows is “going to take revenge for ‘Jaws” said the novelist whose shark tale cleared beaches 25 years ago “and I don’t want to be around” He’s safe Great White Sharks don't appear to hold grudges And if the sharks of the world could somehow understand what Benchley is doing how to protect them and educate the world about their behavior they'd probably watch bis back not bite it A quarter century after “Jaws' chilled all who read it Benchley caught up wife dunks for 'National Geographic" special that airs Sun: day on CNBC at 7 pm MTV His impressions and David Doubilet's photos are also in April’s ’ ? issue of the magazine r If there's one thing that his research in Aus- tralia and off the coast of South Africa taught him it’s that he could not write “Jaws” today “I could not posit the situation now that then — sort of a rogue shark the f- around and wouldn’t go away because it had - '' N't r'i ft V-- - AP Photo - laws wide open a great white shark emerges ®m the sea off South Africa in the summer of - lJf!!?0?l!! 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South got into hot water over his line of play in this deal Would you have avoided the proverbial soaking7 What is your line in four spades after Wert has led the heart king? North is right to raise Despite only five high-car- d points he may add a point for his doubleton And a 4 fit will usually be worth an extra trick in the play when compared wife a 4 fit Also why make it easy for East to enter the auction? South's jump to game is the slight overbid in the auction If West had led a dub that would have left the contract out to dry Yet understandably 5-- 4-- gotten to keep their Iwds down when they swing doorways at Graertiaven Country Chib ere only 4 feet high Tp remind I I AMP Mft After winning with dummy’s ace South drew two rounds of trumps getting the bad news between their record lows is a lot more than 12 degrees eeooobyNEAmc North He continued with the see king of diamonds a diamond ruff a heart ruff a diamond ruff and a heart ruff Yet now he could pack up his tent and leave Stuck in hand he had to exit with a dub If the trumps are breaking badly declarer can get 10 tricks if he can take jive ruffs But to do that declarer must ruff a heart in hand at trick two Then play proceeds as before: two top trumps two' it winning diamonds and a crossniff Florida's high tern-109 rature is degrees but orth Dakota has reached 121 Now I wonder how the humidity levels varied! 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