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“He’s brooding again.”
Jay Wilimek, Bemidji, Minn.“But will he lift a finger after it hatches?”
Ben Fishel, Washington, D.C.“I don’t know how to tell him it’s not his.”
John Dymale, Fond du Lac, Wis.“Publicly, we’re still saying there are no side effects.”
David A. Epstein, West Hartford, Conn.