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...were overserved on your 30th birthday, as was Dean Karnazes, the idea of running 100 miles might have seemed entirely sensible at the time. That night Karnazes decided to run himself sober, and about 30 miles later, he was. Since then, he has dumped the cocktails and extended the mileage, but there's no easy explanation for what compelled him to run 262 miles over 75 hours, which seems to be the farthest anyone has ever gone in one shot; or to run the 199-mile Relay, a 12-man team race, solo...
...Shag hairdos are perhaps another bit of mounting evidence that North Koreans are chafing under Kim's rule and seeking outlets for individual expression. But as the populace dutifully joined celebrations for Kim's 63rd birthday last week, there was no relief in sight. Instead, Pyongyang watchers believe that Kim was pondering how to perpetuate the rule of his dynasty; they assume that sooner or later he will name a successor to assume the mantle of power he inherited from his father Kim Il Sung...
...FIRST PEOPLE TO LEARN THE hottest news in politics these days are Colin Powell and Wendy Walker Whitworth. The top producer for Larry King's prime-time chat show on CNN, Whitworth had just finished the cake and champagne at her mother's 80th birthday celebration in Chicago early last week when her ever present beeper began chirping. The message: Call Ross Perot...
...York City-raised champ began climbing the ladder to excellence early; her father, a former collegiate fencer, introduced his son, sophomore Sam Cross, to the sport early on. But it was at Sam’s ninth birthday party when his younger sister took up the mantle...
Swimming for 16 hours straight in freezing water, fighting a 2-m.p.h. current and dodging ships might not be everyone's fantasy. But surrounded by his family on his 69th birthday, upon being asked how he wanted to celebrate his 70th, George Brunstad heard the words "swim the English Channel" pop out of his mouth. At that point Brunstad, who happens to be actor Matt Damon's uncle, had been swimming competitively in Masters programs for 31 years, and he had won more than 100 Masters championships. As he recalls, "Everyone said, 'Yeah, you can do it! That...