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Since natly Nine never sops nonchalanty nudging a number of nourishing nuls towards her cosomers, aoch noshes nervously throughout her manicure; each is notorious For nibbling on o diferent nut, ond lor esing noting bst one name-brand of nail polish. Now, before we become raurefing nizcness with out nonsensical aration of Ns, rom the cues below, con you determine each cuslome’s ‘Sppoiniment hour, foverits nut lone is walnuts), and prefered nail posh 1, The customar who comes ot noon snacks on peor: 2, Nancy arrives just before the woman who was Red Light nd just ofr he ene whe prefers clmands 3. The four customers cre the ist, the one who eis flbets, Nancy, and the one wit Rose Merry nail 4, Nanette says °No, no" fo Move Madness 5, Nora adits the Pink Pussycat nal ofthe custome right bore hor Sebtion ison poge 69. solving this Problam, you do s0 by entering all information obtained from the orto chew ante "yon Remember: Once you on “cock row ond column tl contains te dot, Me ye cra to ge the chat belo fore dois Syor” fda, place a no” Binal the rest of the boxe ‘Mauve | Pink | Red] Rowe] almonds | Aibora| pean [ walnuts [0:00 | 10:00 [11-00 [12:00 | 12:00 inode Gilberts ‘walnuts ih har of eae Probl har ond oy ty can at yoy red ‘oF easy fefllow instructions, "Solving Lagh Problems, Step by Step.” Mal to Dall Math Pura ogi Problants Dept Up. Dell Purzie Magesines, 1540 Broadway, New Terk, N.Y. 10036. Please enclose & stomped, selroddressed envelope (long-etter size, i posible, pleael 2 fre ae ma rena tenons awn te 7 ‘appear mare than once in say. partesle digi combination. We jave shaded one area in suck 1 diagram: H you mood balpstorting {2 puro, the digit combination ge into ts aroa ls hated on page Solutions are on page 66. re} NUMBER 2