Word: marathoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...later action, Ron Beck and Western Ontario all-star John Lennard battled through a five-game marathon before the scrappy Beck prevailed, 3-2, to earn a spot in the main tournament, which starts tonight...
...weltschmertz as heady as any German musician has ever brewed. These are songs that use familiar sounds--the sagging languor of a torch-song, the steady intensity of an army march--to put the listener off-guard and then knock him flat with cynical or black-humorous lyrics. "Marathon" goes on a careless, accelerating dance through the 20th century, nostalgically stopping at favorite decades, until the abrupt, eschatological ending puts a stop to the singing, the dancing and the music. "Carousel" sets lyrics of childish innocence about carnivals, and ferris wheels, and cotton candy to light-hearted...
...incumbents, Sara Mae Berman, former world record holder in the marathon, is known as the champion of equal spending for women's athletics, and Glenn S. Koocher '71 as spokesman for special students with learning and physical disabilities. Alice K. Wolf, a graduate of the Kennedy School, is leading the fight against patronage in school administration appointments...
...greatest challenge of his career was writing the musical score for "They Shoot Horses. Don't They?" the horror story of a dance marathon during the depression, Green said. He showed excerpts of the film throughout the evening to illustrate his remarks
Paul S. Jacobs '81, a member of the cross country team and a two-time veteran of the Boston Marathon, said, "It sounds like a great idea," but was not not sure he would join the effort until he knew more about it. Sherry Roberts '81, another Boston marathoner agreed, saying, "It sounds like something I would...