Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that "marathon" as the race of 1948 is affectionately dubbed, was on the lips of all who can remember that far back, as the city council adjourned after its 21 unsuccessful attempts to elect a mayor for the 1976-77 session...
...settled before the end of the month, or whether it will grind on into April, depends largely on the behind-the-scenes caucuses. But even if they do keep balloting until April, they'll be able to transact their regular business without interference. It was only after the marathon session of '48 that the council agreed that it could move other business before it found a new mayor. During that long winter of '48, while the council fished for a mayor, it "couldn't do anything," Crane remembers, "except maybe pass an order for an emergency snow removal...
...worked as a carhop in drive-in theaters owned by her parents. A native of Indiana, she was named after a Midwestern pig-calling contestant known as Twila. "My mother thought Twyla would look good on a theater marquee," explains Tharp. Her ambitious mother also laid out a marathon course of piano, violin, viola, drum, baton-twirling, ballet and tap-dancing lessons that occupied Tharp's childhood. It all paid...
...Wanna, Let's Do It Again, That's the Way I Like It and I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You. Radio's hottest song right now is also the most lubricous: Love to Love You Baby, Donna Summer's marathon of 22 orgasms...
...does not rise from the sofa on which he reclines, but he still speaks in that unique, resonant voice that every other actor fears to imitate. Last week TIME Theater Critic T.E. Kalem interviewed Olivier in Hollywood, where he is playing a fascist killer in a thriller called Marathon...