Word: tundras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Driving is a curious combination of public and private acts. A car isolates a driver from the world even as it carries him through it. The sensation of personal power is intoxicating. Sealed in your little pod, you control the climate with the touch of a button, from Arctic tundra to equatorial tropic. The cabin is virtually soundproof. Your "pilot's chair" has more positions than a Barcalounger. You can't listen to that old Sammy Davis Jr. tape at home because your kids will think you're a dweeb, but in the car, the audience roars as you belt...
...last year to campaign for Clinton and Gore in desolate New Hampshire; we spent our days fleeing from angry dogs and angrier shotgun-toting Republicans, all in search of one or two extra votes; we spent our nights with students from dozens of other schools on the frozen tundra of a YMCA gym mat--at the very least we could have been rewarded with a remotely ethical campaign...
...people--a deputy sheriff giving his hand warmers to a Panthers rooter--and the outrageous, often ironic humor of Packers backers. The Cheesehead is the most obvious example, but at the N.F.C. Conference Game, one could also find guys with sod on their heads calling themselves "the Frozen Tundra"; a dead ringer for legendary linebacker Ray Nitschke, bald head, No. 66 and all; a man with a replica of the Lombardi Trophy given to Super Bowl winners on his head and a sign that read VINCE WANTS IT BACK, and a Cheesehead Barbie doll...
...field afterward. The most played dance tune in Wisconsin is, yes, the Packarena. The waiting list for season tickets is 30,000 names long; only the top five made the cut last year. On Jan. 25 the Packers will sell 25,000 specially designed boxes of "Frozen Tundra," pulled up from Lambeau after the Mud Bowl victory over the 49ers on Jan. 4, for $10 apiece. In typical Packers fashion, all proceeds will go to charity...
They make an odd couple, White and Favre, the preacher and the former playboy, the city mouse and the country mouse. But they have a genuine liking for each other that goes beyond the fact that they're two Southerners stuck in the tundra. During a photo session last week, White nuzzled Favre's ear, causing the quarterback to say, "Reginald, please. What if I were to come home to Deanna and tell her I was leaving her for another man? Actually, if I told her it was you, she might say, 'Reggie? Oh, that...