Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perhaps the most remarkable filibuster in Senate history, first-term Democrats James Abourezk of South Dakota and Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio turned the chamber into a marathon slumber party that kept the Senators up until dawn the first day, late the following night, and threatened to continue this week. Their stated objective: to block any move to lift the federal ceiling on the price of natural gas sold interstate. The ordeal was fresh evidence that an independent and unpredictable Senate is defying its own leadership and the White House. The week also marked the emergence of Byrd...
...Atlantic since the days of student and youth-fare discounts in the early 1970s. Freddie Laker, the British aviation innovator, finally got his New York-London Skytrain shuttle off the ground last week, after 6% years of bucking the world's established airlines and his own government through marathon rounds of regulatory hearings and court battles. A classic free enterpriser, Laker is convinced that he can make a profit by bringing transoceanic travel within the reach of almost anyone: backpacking youths, retired folks, modestly paid workers-especially those who have rarely, if ever, flown before...
Another sports enthusiast, Sandy L. Assaro '81, said, "I'm getting in shape for the Bonne Bell Mini-Marathon on Monday. And I'm going to a Woody Allen Festival tomorrow night, and after the marathon I'm going to a cook-out. And if I have some time, I'm going to catch up on my Hum 9a reading...
Morphos's training dream is inspired by the upcoming Freshman Marathon, tentatively scheduled for October...
Though he finds "no heavy philosophical purpose behind it," the marathon may end with a picnic and music, Moses said...