Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shark cage while the other quietly plunged into the sea with little protection. But neither Diana Nyad, 28, nor Stella Taylor, 46, completed her marathon swim last week. Nyad was thwarted in her Cuba-to-Key West swim by 5-ft. to 8-ft. waves and painful jellyfish stings. As for Taylor, she headed off for Florida from the Bahamas, but was forced to stop because of strong currents. Said she: "It was a great time...
Whatever its other merits, a movie thriller cannot go anywhere without an exciting story. This may seem an obvious point, but somehow it is lost on Hollywood's more headstrong producers. Two years ago, Robert Evans unveiled Marathon Man, a showy production that hopped all over the world without ever arriving at a credible or coherent plot development. Not to be outdone, Producer Jon Peters has now brought forth Eyes of Laura Mars. Like Marathon Man, this film is long on trendy settings, high-priced actors and vicious murders, but devoid of narrative thrills. Peters is betting-incorrectly-that...
Since Arok was born, Skora's life has been a nonstop marathon of local television talk-show appearances (about 30, he figures) and visits from would-be agents, manufacturers and licensees (Skora recently signed a deal to license foot-high Arok toys in Japan). Arok has become a favorite on the convention and industrial-show circuit and wows 'em at bank branch openings by incinerating the ceremonial ribbon with his laser gun. His top appearance...
...long multicolored ribbon, snaking through the Iowa cornfields, looks like the ultimate outdoor crazy sculpture. At hub and t-shirt level it turns out to be the American version of the Tour de France-sans hype, heartbreak, commercials, competition or prizes. It is the annual amateur week-long bicycle marathon from the Missouri to the Mississippi, as amiable a happening as any to be found...
Bernard Hinault, marathon bicyclist, explaining the philosophy that won for him the 1978 Tour de France: "I have no complexes. That's the only way to succeed...