Word: possum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...baseball season is already over. The Houston Astros, a team that won 102 games and led the National League in runs scored, played possum against the San Diego Padres in the Divisional Series and are gone. The Astros scored eight runs in four games...
Boston College then played possum for Harvard, as the Crimson destroyed the Golden Eagles 41-6. Senior James Butera won in 118 for the second time, Picarsic moved up to 134 and got the same result, and Kiler, Kurtz and Ackerman won again...
...script shows some early gems of Puritan "country" humor, including this bit: Earl: "Eddie, thy daughter is uglier than a possum with acne." Eddie: "It is predestined that she be so, to learn humility. Yeeeeeee-haw!" (Audience hangs Earl and Eddie for the sin of play-acting...
...pals jaw away at one another about an almighty hangover one of them has shown up with, about a flashy woman in a gaudy car, about a pup one of them is trying to sell: "I ain't sure that is a dog, boys. My opinion, that's a possum in a dog suit...
...played out badly for Dole when he sent a mere campaign functionary and a leak allowed Perot to garner more press attention than he had since he started. What a dang fool idea. The weird and goofy billionaire even got to call Dole weird and goofy. Like a possum calling a poodle ugly...