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Word: skiff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should lay to rest any doubts as to the former President's bunny tale. Fishing alone in 1979 in a small watership down in Plains, Ga., Jimmy was alarmed to see "a fairly robust-looking rabbit" hissing menacingly, with teeth flashing and nostrils flared, paddling furiously toward his skiff. When the furry creature got to within a hare's breadth of the craft, Carter took oar in hand and began flailing frantically to chase it away-or maybe even to split a hare. Aides scoffed when Jimmy first regaled them with his rabbit feat, until they learned that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 29, 1981 | 6/29/1981 | See Source »

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