Word: lapland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...babies in the air." Tunes for the old show, which he closed with a teary farewell broadcast in June 1987 (tearier second and third farewells followed, and a fourth is plotted for next June), tended to be guitar-based bluegrass and country, not counting the occasional trombone choir playing Lapland milking songs...
...first, the East Germans second. U.S. Olympians were fifth, taking just eight of the 117 medals awarded. That total was bettered by athletes from Finland and Norway and equaled by the Swedes. Even the quark-size principality of Liechtenstein claimed two bronzes. The long white winters of Europe, from Lapland down to Alpine Italy, virtually invite the young and gifted to test their skills on slopes and frozen ponds. In an athletic sense at least, geography contributes to democracy. That is why, if form holds true, stars from central and northern Europe should do exceptionally well at Calgary. Among some...
...exist; never have, never will. If you are shocked by that, then hold on: reindeer cannot fly. This was proven in an experiment conducted in a Norwegian fjord in 1908 by the noted Swedish doctor Sven Svensen. The only results were 15 dead reindeer and a mob of angry Lapland herders...