Word: marathonic
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...road-race naked. For one, endurance is a must: the 18 days, 12 to 14 hours a day, take their toll on both body and spirit. Furthermore, one is constantly exposed. Every inch of tape is previewed, reviewed, whistled at and at times, rejected. It is, essentially, a nudie marathon. Of course, in more literal terms, studio time amounts to standing around, mostly clothed, playing and listening to minute musical parts over and over again. Not quite as glamorous as a nudie-marathon, you say? Settle down. It was just a metaphor...
CitySync wasn't as helpful at lunchtime--it gave me way too many restaurant listings, a number of which were halfway across town. If you're not into marathon walking, Vindigo's a better bet; it can sort its listings by distance from your present location. Over lunch I decided to catch a movie. Modo was the most helpful here. Not only did it give me accurate movie times, it also had the lowdown on which theaters had nice seats and big screens...
...peace talks started once again. The day after the summit, Barak pulled his forces back in some places and Arafat curbed some of the violence. But the fighting is flaring up again and the cease-fire is hanging by a thin thread. During her flight back Wednesday from the marathon Middle East talks, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright sat down with TIME's Douglas Waller for a frank talk about what U.S. diplomacy is and isn't accomplishing in this troubled part of the world...
After taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the match, the Crimson showed significant lapses after dropping a hard-fought third set, eventually losing the two-and-a-half-hour marathon...
...that the officials can be blamed. The last time a Greek man won gold in a running event was in the marathon at the very first modern Games in 1896. To find another great Greek sprinter, one probably has to go back to Hermes. Kenteris' gold was Greece's fourth of the Games, including one claimed by national hero Pyrros Dimas, who won in weight lifting (85 kg) for the third consecutive Games...