Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most Bostonians, Massachusetts' legal holiday on April 19 is better known as the day of The Marathon than the anniversary of the first battle of the Revolutionary War. For parents who have to stand on a curbstone for hours so that their saucer-eyed brood may catch a glimpse of the first gaunt & gasping runner plodding along Commonwealth Avenue, and for motorists who are forced to detour all around town, the Marathon is a notorious nuisance. But for chronic gawps, students of foot racing and officials of the Boston Athletic Association (who sponsor the run), it is a great...
Another super-marathoner, 50-year-old Clarence DeMar, felt the same way last week. Seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon, DeMar, who finished 30th last week, had a "Situations Wanted" ad in a Boston newspaper the day of the race...
...careless of conventional morality. As additional drawbacks, Mr. Olivier, entrusted with the crucial role of Heathcliff, boasts that he dislikes working for the movies and only does it for money; Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, preparing for their labors on Gunga Din, could barely be persuaded to leave their marathon backgammon game long enough to write a script. The script turned out brilliantly. Olivier's work as Heathcliff is a speaking tribute to the efficacy of the profit motive...
...their amazement, the scientists discovered that practically every one of the men doubled his energy output after drinking the gelatin mixture. One cyclist increased his output from 90 watts to 225 watts, enough to win a marathon. "The results," said Dr. Ray, "varied from 37% to 240% increases...
...Charles C. ("Cash & Carry") Pyle, 56, famed sports promoter; of cerebral thrombosis; in Los Angeles. Promoter Pyle made a fortune managing the professional career of Footballer Harold ("Red") Grange and sponsoring the first U. S. professional tennis tours. He lost it in 1929 in his second transcontinental "bunion derby" (marathon), tried to recoup with his "Believe It or Not" concession at Chicago's Century of Progress Fair...