See Minnesota nice on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1989, Helping Learners Learn at a Distance: Fifth Annual Conference on Teaching at a Distance, Madison, Wisconsin, August 8-10, 1989, The University, page 28:",
"text": "Dr. Gibson called me in part because she knew I like to provoke, tickle, and prod. She knew I would respond yes, with Minnesota Nice, but what she really was after was my [...] New Yorker attitude...",
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"ref": "1992, A. W. B. (Alfred William Brian) Simpson, In the Highest Degree Odious: Detention Without Trial in Wartime Britain, Oxford University Press, page 80",
"text": "Having lived in the open land of southwest Minnesota for more than thirty years, I have learned the limits of Minnesota nice."
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"ref": "1993, Michael Barone, Grant Ujifusa, Almanac of American Politics, 1994: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors, National Journal, published 1993, →ISBN, page 727:",
"text": "Minge (pronounced with a hard G) is close to a personification of \"Minnesota nice,\" the quiet cheerfulness and pleasantness which permeates much of life in […] much of its politics.",
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"ref": "1996, Quincy Troupe, “Minnesota Nice”, in Avalanche: Poems, Coffee House Press, →ISBN, page 67:",
"text": "each moment draining sweat that pools around in a tradition of politeness—\n disturbed here now by swarms of gnats—some natives call \"minnesota nice\"",
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"ref": "1997, David Lebedoff, Cleaning Up: The Exxon Valdez Case, from 3 Drinks to 5 Billion Dollars, Free Press, →ISBN, page 28:",
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"ref": "1999, Rosalie T. Torres, Hallie Preskill, Evaluative Inquiry for Learning in Organizations, →ISBN, page 31:",
"text": "People who like one another often go along with one another's ideas to keep everyone happy. In Minnesota, people often call this \"Minnesota nice.\" The intent is not to hurt anyone's feelings.",
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