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...frozen soil. Dale Uecker flunking his algebra final his senior year and bravely tasting the glories of humiliation ("Tests and graduation don't matter because now I know . . . that the important thing is life itself") and being pulled back from the brink by good gray Mr. Dentley giving him a C ("Basically you understand the material"). David Tollefson and Agnes Hedder breaking up their marriages and running off together to Washington State and, years later, David's daughter-in-law making sure her husband does not burn the poem that won Agnes' heart ("A love so true sings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just A Few Minutes of Bliss LEAVING HOME | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

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