Word: marathoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intend to become a concert pianist," he says, and he will allow nothing to stand in his way. "I've been known to practice until five in the morning," he continues. "I really find it quite pleasant concentrating for such long periods of time--sort of like running the marathon." He adds with a grin, "Of course the chair helps...
When I first decided to run the Boston Marathon--a rather spontaneous decision that came only two weeks before the race--I have to admit it was mainly to emulate one of my childhood heros, George Plympton. Old George would go out and do something extraordinary, then limp back to his typewriter and tell the world how terrifying it all was. I could just envision myself laid up in my hospital bed, dictating the headline of my story: On Her Last Legs--Special to The Crimson, UHS. Looking back on the events of last Monday. I can now laugh...
Faced with large supplies and low sales, oil companies are paying lower prices for crude or refusing to buy it. Standard Oil of California, which markets under the Chevron brand, Phillips Petroleum and Marathon Oil have all announced that they are cutting by $1 per bbl. the amount they will pay for certain grades of domestically produced crude. Atlantic Richfield has reduced purchases from Nigeria by 60,000 bbl. a day, and industry experts say that Ashland Oil has indefinitely suspended purchases of some 90,000 bbl. a day of crude from Mexico, along with another 17,000 bbl. daily...
...long, three-hour drive back from Dartmouth the thoughts of team members centered not on their-freshly earned victory, but on the marathon series of three matches in as many days that they face this weekend...
ABOUT THE MARATHON...