Looking back on that winter day in 1979, it is now clear.

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"We can't quite believe it, but what is clear is we are now one of the leading winter sports nations in the world, " says Anderson, trying his hardest not to laugh out loud.

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"It has been a very long and difficult winter, but now the waiting is finally over and I am really excited about tackling my second season with Scuderia Toro Rosso, " he said.

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The company has changed with the times -- it now makes GPS tracking devices for livestock -- but when a Winter Olympics is within sight, cowbells become their hottest commodity by far.

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Think of it this way: now that the Winter Classic has been going strong since 2008, the novelty is pretty much over anyway.

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Bruce says it is "nonsense" that his players should face five games in eight days and he now wants a winter break.

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Some of the worst winter weather on record occurs in Mid-February, and right now it looks like Sunday is going to be one of the coldest days of the entire year, with very uncomfortable wind chills.

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But now, the dialogue has changed, and for perhaps the first time this winter, it is possible this imperfect union could end.

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The market is now in its favorable season, the winter months, where over the long-term it tends to make most of its gains each year.

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"Our work now is how to get the force there and get it there in good shape in the middle of winter, " he said.

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