Word: marathoning
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...McCoy's 1935 novel of the same title, a book which achieved an underground reputation (particularly in Paris) as one of the best of the first existential works of American fiction. It tells the story of a group of down-and-out Depression refugees who participate in a dance marathon, hoping against hope to cop the contest's $1500 prize...
Will Cloney. chairman of the Boston Athletic Association, announced yesterday that because of the "unmanageable" field of entrants in last year's Boston Marathon, he has enacted measures to limit the number of entries this spring...
Anyone wishing to run must meet one of three qualifications: 1) he must have completed the B. A. A. or other sanctioned marathon; 2) he must have completed two sanctioned ten-mile races during the past year or 3) he must have his entry certified by an area long-distance running chairman or by a qualified coach...
...After a while it got so that you didn't remember how many bouts you had won or lost-although I think I won about half," Rappaport said after the marathon...
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?. Taking place during the same year as The Damned (1933). They Shoot Horses also uses its more or less single setting (a depression dance marathon) as a microcosm for a whole society...