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The checks for <u>RED LETTER</u> arrived. She is mailing mine to me.  <br>
The checks for <u>RED LETTER</u> arrived. She is mailing mine to me.  <br>
I asked her about Hasbro and she is still working on setting  <br>
I asked her about Hasbro and she is still working on setting  <br>
up an appointment.
up an appointment. I told her about <u>RECONSTRUCTION</u> (not by  <br>
name) and the possible conflict with <u>Claude</u>'s <u>DEDUCTION</u>. Maybe  <br>
I'll show it to Hasbro.
 
The ''Post'' had a puzzle from a book ''<u>THE LONELY MONK AND OTHER PUZZLES</u>'' <br>
by "Ivan Morris'' (Little, Brown, $4.95).  <br>
Q: Mrs. Tabako has 50 natural pearls, 50 cultured pearls, and two  <br>
Ming jars. If she uses all the pearls, how should she distribute them  <br>
in the two jars in such a way that when Mr. Tabako enters the  <br>
room and picks one pearl out of either jar at random he will have the  <br>
best possible chance of picking a cultured pearl? What is the  <br>
distribution and what are his chances?  <br>
A: She puts one cultured pearl