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131Off for the Sweet Hereafter — is a 1986 novel by T. R. Pearson. The story opens with a sentence over 400 words long: That was the summer we lost the bald Jeeter who was not even mostly Jeeter anymore but was probably mostly Throckmorton or anyway was probably considered… …
132set someone off — set (someone) off to cause someone to become excited and upset. My sister was an unpredictable young woman, and I never knew what would set her off …
