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...which could add up to a very long haul for Fischer-Spassky II, especially if unavoidable draws -- the outcome of the second game, a seven- hour marathon -- proliferate, delaying the accumulation of wins. The prospect of two weary, middle-aged former world champions going after each other in frozen Belgrade next January is not very appealing. It was clear at the outset that this rematch would not be a case of deja vu all over again; what remains to be seen is whether history will repeat itself as farce...
...world's most costly care and the uninsured get next to nothing -- it would be the good people of Oregon. Blessed with a long history of social-policy experimentation, they attacked the problem with almost heartbreaking earnestness. Beginning in 1983, they assembled doctors, businessmen and labor leaders for marathon discussions about how to distribute the state's limited resources. They built elaborate computer models to help rank medical procedures by cost effectiveness. They held 47 town meetings to thrash out the rules by which medical priorities would be set, and then followed up with a random telephone survey...
...form of dance music that was born in Detroit during the mid-'80s. A fusion of the futuristic computer-driven sound of European bands like Kraftwerk and the rhythmic possibilities of computer-controlled keyboards, techno caught on first in Britain and Belgium, where it became the sound track for marathon "acid house" parties...
Overheard in the media work area while CNN's marathon coverage blared four women standing in front of Madison Square Garden singing a horrendously discordant version of "If I had a Hammer." "I'm glad I'm in print," one reporter said...
...agreement came in a fourth marathon negotiating session between the two in the Slovak capital Bratislava. For Klaus the split means being Prime Minister of a Czech republic committed to the deep economic reforms he has advocated as federal Finance Minister since 1989, rather than Prime Minister of a rancorous Czechoslovakia...