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...last ran the race in 1992 when he was 84. In 1935 Kelley, who was then a floral assistant, outdueled toolmaker Pat Dengis, eliciting this response from Dengis: "Would you imagine this, a florist runs 26 miles for a laurel wreath!" Though he received a police escort home to Arlington, Massachusetts, and a telegram from the Governor, Kelley was back at work the next day, preparing Easter lilies at Anderson's Florist Shop. He also won in 1945 at the advanced age of 37 and told a reporter, "Life merely begins at 40, and I have three years...
...multicultural society is under siege; its ability to raise standards of living is in doubt; and its recent record of solving its problems together is beginning to look like the Windsors. When Americans go to the polls this fall, they are going to choose someone who they think will escort them best through a portal of unforgiving change...
...significant precautions students can take is to avoid walking alone after dark. We realize that this is difficult for students with busy schedules, who often have organization meetings, study sessions or rehearsals until late at night. However, students should walk with a companion as much as possible. Also, the escort service and the SafetyWalk program are available. Although it may be an inconvenience to wait for an escort shuttle or a SafetyWalk volunteer, students should not hesitate to take advantage of these services, even if it is relatively early in the evening. The assault and attempted rape which occurred near...
...hall has never seen anything quite like the stir created by Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band. It's been like that at every stop on Allen's 14-city, 23-day European tour, which ends in London on March 18. In Madrid he needed a police escort to get in from the airport amid what El Mundo called Woodymania. In Barcelona more than 300 autograph seekers mobbed him at the stage entrance. "Woody's having a ball," says his banjo player and musical guru, Eddie Davis. "He's kind of stunned by the reaction. They're treating...
...actions of the Cuban government are nothing less than a flagrant violation of international law and were fully planned and purposefully carried out. Protocol in a situation in which a country feels that its sovereignty is being violated by incoming aircraft is to escort the aircraft out of its territorial zone, or, upon refusal, to make it land. However, the aerial attack was unannounced and outside Cuba's twelve mile territorial zone...