Word: marathoning
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...worth the wait. When Baker and Shevardnadze emerged from 2 1/2 days of marathon meetings, including nearly four hours with a visibly weary Gorbachev, they had accomplished a remarkable amount. Not only had they cleared many of the hurdles blocking a treaty to decrease strategic weapons but the Soviets came close to agreeing with Bush's week-old proposal to cut back troops in Europe...
...weather for the third annual Gravity's Rainbow Marathon, which began last Nov. 9 on the flagstone terrace in front of Princeton University's Firestone Library, kicked off rainy and windy. Somewhere into the 38 straight hours of public reading, performed in sequence by 76 volunteers, of every word of Thomas Pynchon's 760-page (in the original edition) novel, conditions turned clear and colder. Still, through the long day and night and next day, listeners assembled and dispersed, some of them harboring a small hope that this academic homage might attract the attendance of the author himself. (Rumors about...
Caro began work on his Texas-size biography of L.B.J. 14 years ago. The choice of subject was a natural progression from his first marathon, The Power Broker (1974), a 1,200-page study of New York City master builder Robert Moses. The Power Broker is an obligatory book for understanding modern urban politics. In turning to L.B.J., Caro shifted his focus from how New York City works to what makes the nation run. The answer is not surprising. As Franklin Roosevelt's factotum Tommy ("the Cork") Corcoran responded when Caro asked how the young L.B.J. gained power, "Money...
...After soaring during the summer, Hall's ratings have slacked off a bit this fall. (The kids who constitute his main audience, explain show executives, have gone back to school.) Through it all, Tonight's ratings have remained relatively stable. "This race is not a sprint, it's a marathon," notes Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC Entertainment. "Whatever burns the brightest, fades the fastest...
Although the marathon is tiring, said Kenneth A. Gerber '89-'90, it is not difficult to last the entire 12 hours...