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...question of Brezhnev's health casts a long shadow over the nearly completed Strategic Arms Limitation treaty-and indeed over all of U.S.-Soviet relations. If Brezhnev is unable to see the marathon negotiations through to the end, a settlement and signing might be delayed for months-perhaps indefinitely. The very prospect of the struggle for succession may have been an element in the repeated delays over the Strategic Arms Limitation treaty...
...where prices are federally controlled. They had large increases that only seemed puny when compared with the others, which enjoyed gains that ranged from impressive to downright startling: SoCal's ARRIS earnings rose 43% over the past year, Gulfs profits increased 61%, and Texaco's were up 81%. Marathon Oil had a rise of 108%, while Amerada Hess jumped 279%. Standard Oil of Ohio, holder of a large and profitable stake on Alaska's North Slope, increased 303%; Continental Oil, which owns Consolidation Coal and suffered a slide in income during last I year's coal strike, posted a stunning...
...when the American Presidents reserved congratulatory calls for more formal sports. Golfer Dwight Eisenhower had a preference for Augusta Masters champions; Richard Nixon was fond of Super Bowl coaches. And then last week there was Jimmy Carter calling Boston after watching the 83rd running of the best-known U.S. marathon. White House operators tracked down three-time Winner Bill Rodgers at his running-goods store in Brighton. "Hi," said jogging Jimmy, offering congrats and asking about other finishers. The President also invited Rodgers to a White House dinner next month honoring visiting Japanese Premier Masayoshi Ohira. When Carter mentioned...
...what do you think about for 26 miles? The crowd. A million spectators make the Boston marathon the best footrace in the world. Entire village populations line the road to cheer you on. But that's not all they...
...author of this story ran in her second Boston Marathon Monday and completed the course in 3 hours, 30 minutes...