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Generous Gestures

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A. Pay the man, Shirley.

Q. If the Cincinnati Bengals played major league baseball, would they set the new standard for submitting their lineup to the umpire? (Dave Kain; Aurora, Ill.)

A. Pay this man too, Shirley.

Q. With the demise of the International golf tournament, do you think if the judge in your first divorce had used the unmodified Stableford scoring system that the results might have been different? Or, in your second divorce, if you had decided to use match play and declared your wife "dormie," would his ruling have changed? Do I get $2.50? (Chris Holubowicz; Milwaukee)

A. Pay the man twice, Shirley.

Q. If Shirley pays me $1.25 for printing my question in an accredited, professional newspaper, will I lose my amateur journalist status? (Paul D. Flowers; Cleveland, Tex.)

A. I never have.

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