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But mostly there are runners. Some relaxed and joking, others serious and confident, a few nervous and highstrung. There are endless lines to the johns as runners get rid of that extra glass of water they had with breakfast, and every lawn is littered with people stretching out or gearing...

Author: By E.k. Anagnostopoulos, | Title: The Long Walk to Recovery... | 4/17/1990 | See Source »

I want you to know that your joking entreaty, "Don't leave without me," was not what you intended (I assume) it to be. It was late. It was dark. I was alone. The streets were empty.

Author: By Terri E. Gerstein, | Title: To the Man Who Left Me Alone | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

Customer: You're joking.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation How Do You Double the Value Of a Trabant? | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

This is a terrible idea, an invitation to declare a war of attrition. It opens at a level just beyond practical joking: he saws the heel off every shoe in her closet; she totals his collection of Staffordshire. Soon enough, fires are started. And not long thereafter, the situation turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Marriage to The Bitter End | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

Proposition 1-2-3's failure was so overwhelming that joking rumors abounded this week that 1-2-3 was really part of a CCA master plan to sweep the election.

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: How 1-2-3 Defeated Its Own Supporters | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

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