Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rivers held a deep mistrust of the press, and with some reason. He was keelhauled by the Washington press corps for his marathon drinking bouts. When he became chairman of the Armed Services Committee, however, he swore off liquor and kept the pledge...
...Metropolitan. Bonn capped months of festivities with the Missa solemnis. In Tokyo, where Beethoven is a rapture-inducing favorite, the Ninth Symphony was done twice in one day. In Los Angeles, Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a phalanx of friends staged a twelve-hour Beethoven marathon. And in honor of the 200-candlepower occasion, that most devout of Beethoven fans, Schroeder, dispatched Snoopy with a canine kiss for Lucy...
...greatest thing that has happened to Harvard in recent years. I saw a preview of the movie. It's an unbelievable tear-jerker. And I met Ali McGraw there. Said I was a friend of Segal's and buttered up to her. She said. 'You run in the Boston Marathon with Segal, don't you?' Made me feel great...
...Lewis Stand Up? Both Jerry and Archie are marked by strong anti-intellectualism (teachers are dumb or sadistic; scientists talk with burlesque accents). Both shows are lavishly produced, but Archie shows bigger profits by far. Incorporating all the old malt-shop wit of the comic strip, the hour-long marathon features film clips of kids giggling, and promotes rock-Muzaktwo of the songs have sold more than a million copies. Yet the Archie studio is skilled enough to do some sparkling letter "commercials" for Sesame Street. Studio Head Norman Prescott, who has learned that you can have your buck...
...appropriate juxtaposition. In The Games, Ryan O'Neal-Oliver in Love Story -plays a Yale distance runner who ends up collapsing into a concrete monolith during the Olympic marathon...