Word: minnesota
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Georgia had Lester Maddox and Louisiana had Earl Long, and now Minnesota has gone and got an interesting Governor of our own: a pro wrestler with a shaved head and a bad-boy swagger whose voice is hoarse from bellowing at opponents and threatening to rip their arms from their sockets. He was the protest candidate, a chance to throw toilet paper in the trees and piss off Dad, nobody dreaming he would actually be elected. But in a three-way race the ball takes funny bounces, and that is how Minnesota...
...smart race, snarled, boasted, was entertaining, campaigned in a sweatshirt ("Retaliate in '98"), sat in on the televised debates with his two opponents (who didn't bother to mess with him), kept saying he was no politician and expressed himself more bluntly than had been customary in Minnesota politics. He cussed a little. He was vaguely outrageous, the right thing to be when you're running against two suits...
Faced with the prospect of losing her final season of collegiate hockey, Milbert decided to take the year off and return to her native Minnesota for intensive therapy and rehabilitation...
...Harvard demolished the opposition at the All-American East-West Challenge at Minnesota's Mariucci Arena might be an understatement. The Crimson outshot its opponents by a combined total of 99-25. Harvard took advantage of opponents' penalties, scoring three goals in its eight power play chances, and it did not give up a goal in eight shorthanded situation...
Junior goalkeeper Crystal Springer gave up one goal and made 22 saves, but her job was relatively easy because most of the action took place on the other end of the ice. With three former Olympians leading the way, Harvard terrorized Minnesota netminder Erica Killewald and Mankato State goalie Jenny Padget. HARVARD 3 MINNESOTA 1 HARVARD 10 MANKATO STATE...