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...Biathlon also tapped into a lurking element of my Scandinavian pride (I am of Swedish heritage). I remember reading about vastly outnumbered ski-borne Finnish troops' earning the nickname "white death" for repeatedly confounding and outmaneuvering the Russian army during the Second World War. I also remember an account from 1943 of a group of Norwegian commandos who successfully skied overland all the way to Sweden (over 250 miles) after blowing up a Nazi heavy water facility that was a key component in Hitler's attempt to manufacture an atomic bomb. More than a few sports have some type...
...private, quiet, depressed, Scandinavian part of Schulz's character was both the quality that made him completely different from any other comic strip artist and the trait that led him to struggle with himself and his creation like the tormented artist in a Henry James novel...
...Many, many life cycles: the adult life of 120 mayflies (one hour each) plus the time it takes, from birth, for the female Scandinavian lemming to start breeding (14 days...
Skard was the sparkplug for the Hawks's first goal in the 23rd minute. She fed a pass to fellow Scandinavian Jeanette Akerlund, who beat two Harvard defenders and then fired a near post shot from just inside...
...Sather's famous Scandinavian cinnamon buns appear regularly on the breakfast tray, bottles of Goose Island beer cool in the fridge, and Chicago-style blues, jazz and Irish music waft through the house. One almost expects to see Cubs, Bears and Bulls out in the garden, landscaped with indigenous flowers by the Chicago Botanical Garden...