Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...absolutely believable. Nancy Willard has taken her numerous talents--as a poet, an award-winning children's and short-story author, and a baseball fan--and woven a tale so compelling that nothing could be more natural than a game played because one Ben Harkissian has made a bet with Death...
...HOWEVER, as much as Clare is overwhelmed by Bet., Willard lingers over every detail as she sets up the denouement of Things Invisible to See, narrating from both Ben's and Clare's perspectives, and establishing deliberately the eternal relevance of concepts like death, good, evil, love and baseball. In Ben's first visit to Clare, Willard captures all the agony of the first crush and even love at first sight...
...dinner to discuss your article, but I might be embarrassed by your table manners if they're as inconsiderate as your article. I still think our support is not a negative thing. It helps the Bulldogs play good, clean hockey. The Dogs beat you in hockey, and I bet our town would win in a competition for the number of different activities the people enjoy doing. Carisa Misti Heltne grade...
...Bet your boots Mike didn't tell anyone vat happen to him in Duluth, Minn. So I'm sending to you some articles about your Ace sports writer, Mike; so dat you can get some ha, his. Tell him he make headlines in big City paper...
...four times, they fall on the ground, because they are so tried with their tongue hanging out one foot. Then they remember they have the compass and map in their pockits. When they look at map and use compass, they come to their car, only two blocks away. Bet Mike forgot the map and compass...