Many a western teenager has learned about marksmanship by plinking away in a prairie dog town, the hummocky meadows where the creatures live and play.

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Mr. Cuomo would write the music, pass it back, and the pair would go through it together, note by note, with Mr. Cuomo plinking out the score on a piano.

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