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A rich boyhood in the plain void.
It's October 1965 in Fargo, North Dakota, and I'm wearing a plaid plastic windbreaker with scratchy elastic. I have a red wagon. The handle bites my hand if I hold it tightly; they didn't plane everything smooth back then--who'd sue? I load the wagon with bags of apples gathered from the backyard tree. One sack, one dozen, one dollar. Who first? The Hermans across the street, perhaps; Mr. H. worked for a bank, and was therefore rich as Mr. Mooney. On their left flank were Mormons, and that was a wild card. They didn't watch TV, which was scary weird. They went to church on Saturdays, which was just wrong. Their grandma yelled at me last summer for riding a gift's bike. ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor November 12, 2003 700+ words
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire March 30, 2009 700+ words
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- News wire article from: United Press International August 23, 1999 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 4, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Brunswick, Mark October 11, 2009 700+ words
...secretive facility in Fargo, N.D., where...storied group from the North Dakota Air National Guard...assume command of the North Dakota air wing next year...manned aircraft. The Fargo facility has about...million a year to the Fargo economy. The unit...Force interested in ...
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- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Herman, Stewart W. July 30, 1997 700+ words
...stream that separates North Dakota from Minnesota as it...power poles in rural North Dakota. The river first inundated...topped the dikes in Fargo and Moorehead. It...the residents of Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota...
- Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network to Bismarck, Fargo, Grand...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 3, 2007 700+ words
...network to Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and a number of other North Dakota communities along...visitors to these North Dakota communities can...CAST coverage in North Dakota currently includes...Valley City and West Fargo extending to Fargo...
Source: HighBeam Research, A rich boyhood in the plain void.