Word: naw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remind him of why he wears the unusual number 99 on his blue-and-orange Oilers uniform. His $5 million-plus contract runs until 1999, with an option to renegotiate sooner. A friend asked if he would demand more money after this season's stellar performance. Gretzky replied, "Naw. If I'd had a bad year, I wasn't going to give the money back." Oilers Owner Peter Pocklington is enthusiastic: "I was offered $2 million for him, but $10 million wouldn't buy him. There's no price on greatness." Toronto Owner Harold Ballard...
...that him?" "Naw, can't be." "Sure it is. Listen." "By golly, I think you're right...
...school," responds one pupil. "I'd feel embarrassed to share a prayer, if I knew one," says another. But eventually eight-year-old Brendan volunteers. Then the teacher carefully asks whether anyone would like to be excused during the prayer, and the class responds with a chorus of "Naw." Finally, all alone, Brendan whispers a memorized prayer, beseeching the angels to watch over him while he sleeps...