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Mill I I A i A 1 4 VM Aid I 41 vinTT'c 52 rrr i ti 'ivivv 4 co DEARABBY ST JUDE SAINT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE SOLEMN NOVENA OF MASSES AND PRAYERS FEBRUARY 11-FEBRUARY 19 St Jude the cousin of our Savior is the patron in hopeless cases and in things almost despaired of For your very special needs and anxieties a Solemn Novena of Masses and Prayers in honor of St Jude the Apostle will begin Feb 1 1 and conclude on Feb 19 Please join us in petition to St Jude for your own pressing intentions and for those of anyone close to you So many have had their desperate pleas answered by devotion to St Jude I am sure God will grant whatever you ask of him as patron Please send today for your Novena prayer booklet and free medal of St Jude to remind you to pray with us in this Solemn Novena DEAR ABBY: I know what to do anymore My life has been at a standstill for over 20 years because of my weight I am extremely overweight and have been all my life I am in my late 20s and am embarrassed to admit that I have no friends no social life and never had a date Yes I know that there are women who are overweight living happy normal lives but I am not one of them I am living the life of a hermit I am embarrassed to be seen and stared at I have seen a diet doctor and tried every diet imaginable tried fads gimmicks starvation pills the works I lose a couple of pounds then get hungry for something good to eat and stufT myself Money is tight or I would go to a fat farm I get depressed and cry for hours and think horrible thoughts I know that my problem is in my head a compulsive overeater and I need help and I need it now I can feel my heart pounding in my chest from walking up a flight of stairs scared I really am Please help me Abby Life is passing me by too young to die Long Islander DEAR LONG ISLANDER: You are not alone half the women in America are overweight some are more overweight than others Have you tried Overeaters Anonymous? If you have and dropped out be embarrassed give it an other try you be the first person who didn't make it on the first try Look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself worth saving You are but only you can save yourself so get going Long Islander The longest trek in the world starts with one step Good luck you can make it if you try Please write again I care DEAR ABBY: As a physician I have seen many women die of breast cancer in 1960 this disease attacked one woman in every 20 It has risen steadily to the current toll of one in nine Many women do not know that their risk of breast cancer is linked to foods IiOw-fat high-fiber diets can reduce the risk of cancer dramatically The National Cancer Institute has recommended such a diet for years Unfortunately only one woman in five is aware of the link according to a recent Opinion Research Corp poll Abby will you please tell your readers that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has a toll-free telephone number that people can call to get information on breast cancer prevention: Dial 1-800-U S-LIVES The call and the information are free By sending out this information you will save more lives than any doctor could ever hope to Many many thanks Neal Bernard MD President Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Washington II 1 St Jude Devotion Franciscan Friars 276 West Lincoln Avenue PO Box 598 Mount Vernon New York 10551 Dear Fathers: Please include my petitions in your Solemn Novena to St Jude and send me FREE your prayer folder and blessed medal so that I may join you in prayer SHELBY LYMAN ON CHESS IGNIFIGANTiHOMEDESIGN'SHO SEE THE LATEST STYLES AND TRENDS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAYS AND ROOM SETTINGS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY EVER TO GET GREAT HOME DECORATING IDEAS AND TREMENDOUS SHOW SPECIALS! CORNER 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 abcdefgh WHITE MATES IN TWO TntmulltnaMe ConKapnif Rntkur Gatonfinunee bunk Draper brash and self-confident Fischer is a loner who struggled to achieve greatness against enormous odds America loves the underdog Although curiously Fischer was even more of a hero to Russians than Americans the and '60s there was a crisis in American education We had an inferiority complex vis-a-vis the Russians Remember Sputnik? Russians placed enormous importance on their chess prowess and suddenly there was an American chess genius able to compete with them on their own terms His victory was a shock to their cultural nervous Hoflman praises Brady for his ability to capture the milieu in which Fischer developed book describes skillfully" he explains it was like to play chess as Fischer grew Below is a win by ex-world champion Anatoly Karpov over the Russian grandmaster Yevgeny Bareyev from the 1991 Tilburg Interpol is Tournament Karpov became champion in 1975 when Fischer forfeited his title CaaonfFanutiR Mxalunkurc VoodfianiDK hseriurDKontm WinJev Treatments Oriental and Area Rip -Ceneuc Trie aid MaiUr Decmtive Objects Stained Gtas FauFiciJung Linen and fabics Beds and Bedding Fireplaces Limiting QuttSptens aid Much Much Mar! Carpffinj YFooJFkwig Artworl ni Aaxsaris fwnnRfcfoshaig TrompeL'oed SiSkF1niMlTi Kitchen ad Baris Entaacment Centra Seiwnan Denwrxntkw Corner Hint and explanation: Finish with the bishop long been an admirer of Frank Brady's meticulous in-depth biography Fischer: Profile of a Brady a longtime friend of Fischer played a msyor role on the American chess scene as editor writer and organizer during Fischer's formative years Rut despite his own involvement he manages a remarkably restrained and objective account of the Brooklyn chess genius Recently film rights to the book were acquired by Darnay Hoffman Films for $100000 Hoffman a lawyer from a family with a background in radio and theater has long been fascinated by the Fischer phenomena and its TV and film potential is the time to tell says Hoffman years is a long time for Fischer to be out of the public eye He is one of the few important prodigies America has duced an authentic genius the Mozart of chess FEATURING THE ALL NEW LONG ISLAND ACT EXPO Auctions Nighdy at Sunday at 4dXffM At The Nassau Coliseum This Weekend: THITSHT 6PM-1GPM ftlDAYNOOS-lOPM SATURDAY 10AM-I0PM SUNDAY 10AM-6PM Januart16 January 17 January 18 January 19 i Solution to Corner: 1 QfSch Kg6 (or Kh7) 2 Bf5 mate II Gala Charity FRevct To Beneht Makh Of EYmes And United Wat TiMBnArEvDaNGSPM-JlO Fx AAJkkwI hrimados OS (51fi) 799300 Tkkea at Cobeon Box Ofllice thaing Shoe Hour 12 AAnimJFree isi (Mken Under jr i v- i i i i 1 i.