Word: marathonical
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Just like in the marathon, there are always fast starters that look sensational at the beginning only to fade into Bolivian (thank you, Mike Tyson). Last April, Kenny Lofton appeared to have regained his 1993 form. A fledgling baseball fan may have thought that Lofton was back—that he had found the fountain of youth and would finally get back to stealing 70 bases a year while hitting over...
Laurie B. Gray ’03 said she was “a wreck” when, while wrapping up her biology thesis last month, her parents began ferrying her home each weekend for marathon sessions to practice her strut, smile and speech...
...those who like to mix it up with other vacationers, the valley offers a long list of organized social events, including the 27.3-mile Enviro Sports running marathon through Titus Canyon in January, Planet Ultra's 200-mile bicycle rides in May and October, and the popular Death Valley '49ers Encampment in November. Some 8,000 enthusiasts flock to the encampment each fall to enjoy three days of musical performances, Western art shows and parades...
...This [plan] would undermine the checks and balances in place among E.U. institutions," the Commission declared in a strongly worded statement. "It could lead to unequal treatment of member states and this would jeopardize the trust between them." Virulent opposition to the plan prompted a classic Brussels response: a marathon negotiating session at which the most controversial proposals were either removed or diluted. Gone was the European Congress, as well as the suggestion for a presidential secretariat that critics feared would have rivaled the Commission. Reijo Kemppinen, a spokesman for the Commission, concluded that the result was not quite...
Robert Cheruiyot, winner of the 2003 Boston Marathon...