Word: groundhogs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...captivates a beskinned and unbathed French trapper, with whom she has seven children. The failing local college - is finally abandoned after a bear kills a student, and the town's first Norwegian is a Union Army deserter whose descendants, the Sons of Knute, hold a yearly contest, starting on Groundhog Day, where you bet on the day and hour a 1949 Ford will sink through the ice and into the lake. "Left to our own devices," writes Keillor, "we Wobegonians go straight for the small potatoes...
...jump an early spring gave the squads (despite the claims by one rather uncooperative groundhog that it will be a late spring) a strong advantage this year, and with a heavyweight crew four boats deep Harvard is looking confidently toward winning at San Diego. One thing's for certain: San Diego's going to look a lot better than Cambridge this time of year, no matter how they...