Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Roman Catholic . . . Married, with six children . . . Known as marathon worker who can put in 18-hour days...
...canceled concerts and mixed reviews, they decided, in Robertson's words, "to bring it to a head. We're going to conclude this chapter of our lives." So, with dinner out of the way, the group took the stage at Winterland last week for one final, marathon 37-song set. On hand for the grand farewell: old friends like Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and finally Dylan himself. Their last number, Dylan's I Shall Be Released, began with the line: "They say everything can be replaced." Perhaps...
...right, that is his fault and joy too. Such was the case last week as Karajan brought off a bravura musical marathon in New York's Carnegie Hall. In four successive days he unraveled the musical and spiritual mysteries of Brahms' A German Requiem, the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, a double bill of the Mozart Requiem and Bruckner Te Deum and the Verdi Requiem Mass. Each of these is a work of immense proportions requiring time and money as well as skill to prepare. The average orchestra in the U.S. will usually do one such score a year...
...overlooking the domain of his old CBS colleague Network President Robert Wussler (they occasionally wave to each other from their windows). Silverman arrives at 9:30 each morning and begins rousing his West Coast producers from bed to discuss the overnight ratings. The rest of his day is a marathon of meetings-with soap-opera writers, sitcom producers, cartoon animators, promotion experts, demographics wizards. He returns to his Central Park West apartment for dinner with his wife Cathy and their daughter Melissa, 4, then holes up in his den with a stack of scripts, a rack of video cassettes...
...marathon opens at 1:00 p.m. with the annual Detroit Lions "Watch us play over our heads on national television and blow darts the rest of the season" Thanksgiving game. This year's battle is against the Buffalo Bills and if the game is as boring as the two teams involved, wait till the second quarter to get the nutmeg...