Word: marathoning
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Mostly she berates him as a cheat and a loafer. She is an immigrant's daughter; he is the son of a millionaire who lost his fortune. They met at a dance marathon and married soon after. Now she supports him by waiting on tables, while he spends his days writing, drinking and philandering. She assaults him with this sorry history, until finally, past mere desperation, he uses his razor to cut his throat. Zschau rushes into the bathroom and emerges appropriately, with his blood on her hands...
Though both sides say they made "progress" at a marathon Wednesday night session--enough to convince the teachers to put off a strike--there is no guarantee that the progress will continue...
...city teachers union yesterday afternoon rejected an immediate strike following progress towards a new contract during a marathon negotiating session that lasted well into the morning...
...pathology branch of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and Colleague Bruce Waller have provided clinical evidence that Bassler is wrong. They studied the cases of five middle-aged men, 40 to 53, who died while running, including Maryland Congressman Goodloe Byron, a six-time Boston Marathon finisher...
...keep runners off stride. Cornell's Dr. Thomas Pickering, who has also studied HDL levels, reports that arrhythmias-abnormal heartbeat rhythms-occur more frequently during exercise and thus may be the cause of many unexplained deaths among runners. Says he: "A case could be made that the marathon runner is at a decreased risk of cardiovascular death when he is not running, but at an increased risk when he is." So what is a runner to do? Not to worry, says Roberts, who runs five to ten miles (8 to 16 km) a week: "I think that the purpose...