Word: heartbreaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next Monday looms like Heartbreak Hill. It figures to be the final Patriots Day for the Boston Marathon, and the last stand of undiluted amateurism. For reasons no less prosaic than television, the Boston Athletic Association intends to shift its noble race next year to Sunday, perhaps adjust the starting and finish lines slightly for commercial purposes, and, if all that isn't jarring enough, begin paying the winners. Will Cloney, 70, president of the B. A. A. and master of the marathon, contends that there is at least "a semantic difference between being paid and running for prizes...
...went to Viet Nam as a 21-year-old Army nurse with stars in my eyes and trust in my heart. By the time I came back, the stars in my eyes had turned to tears and the trust had been replaced by heartbreak, anger, resentment and confusion. I also carried with me an overwhelming love and respect for the young men who, like me, carried on the best they could in the most miserable physical and psychological situations. If there is one monument [Feb. 22] to one soldier on the face of this, earth, there must...
Inspired by his team's performances this season, women's cross country coach JOHN BABINGTON competed in the Heartbreak 10 kilometer Classic last Sunday and finished 82nd in a field of more than 3000 runners. Babington's time of 35 minutes was his best in a number of years... Because runners burn off so many calories when they put in their numerous miles of training, they are able to maintain lithe bodies while eating vast quantities of food. They demonstrated this exceptional ability last weekend when they descended upon senior MARY HERLIHY's house in Worcester after the Eastern Championships...
Conventures Inc., the company that managed the race, also manages the Heartbreak Hill race in November, and the Kendall Women's Classic, the largest women's track meet...
...music that accompanies the car exhibit is a soundtrack, a collage of songs, played--the dealership never missing a trick--on a Delco car stereo speaker. "Love Me Tender." "Heartbreak Hotel." You have to love "Heartbreak Hotel," even if the man next to you is being an idiot, and poses next to the car in a mock Elvis stance that's more embarrassing than funny. It's just a great song. The guy thinks he's the life of the party. In the open back seat of the limo is a shirt and flashy fender guitar. Never played. Never worn...