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...wasn't until I vaguely heard a spectator say "Look, that guy ain't even sweatin'" that I realized what I'd done. Dehydration. Heat stroke bait. A very unhealthy situation, especially with Heartbreak Hill looming ominously down the road...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: The 27th Mile | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...Heartbreak Hill starts at the 25-mile mark of the course. With the exception of Wellesley and the finish line, more fans line that intersection than any other part of the course. I could see the crowd about half a mile away, a frightening harbinger of things to come...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: The 27th Mile | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

DeMille epic, with a cast of thousands - including celebrated distance special ists, 45-year-old joggers and some for mer heart-attack patients- jostling for a chance to defeat heat, fatigue and a piece of local topography known appropriately as Heartbreak Hill. This year's field is expected to be even bigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heartbreak Hill | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard a fast group of qualified runners will battle Heartbreak Hill and the strain of running without a break for three hourse. Bill Kraus, a Lowell House senior, is a sure bet to lead the Crimson contingent. He ran last year and turned in an impressive 2:39.05 to finish 79th. Kraus ran in the Silver Lake Marathon (Hopkinton to Newton, a course similar to the BAA race) in February and finished with a 2:50 and 11th-place position in near-blizzard conditions. The Akron, Ohio resident says he's looking to run the Marathon today in a time...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders and Michael Kendall, S | Title: Runners Come East to Marathon Mecca | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...John Moulson, a member of East Berlin's Komische Oper, sang the wizard with an uncommonly sweet and powerful tenor. From Pittsburgh Soprano Marianna Christos, in the minor role of a slave girl, came the most exciting singing of the evening. Here is a voice with joy and heartbreak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Russlan, Ludmilla and Sarah | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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