Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...working day has lengthened four hours over that stretch: he rises at 4:30 a.m. to get to the Chicago Board of Trade by 6 a.m. to begin the business of trading that can last until 9 p.m. The trading day for stocks and bonds has grown to marathon proportions as well. Sophia Ulanday, who sells U.S. stocks for Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong, begins her workday at 7 a.m. and frequently toils until 1 a.m. to stay in touch with the home office in New York...
...Boston Athletic Association, a privatenon-profit group which organizes the BostonMarathon every April, hired Cavalier last year tohelp with the marathon...
...bids each year," says DavidMcGilvrey, technical coordinator for the marathon."We retained Cavalier last year for the firsttime...
This year, McGilvrey, who is in charge ofbusing for the marathon, decided to renew theassociation's contract with Cavalier without abid--just as Harvard has done for the past sixyears...
Despite the fact that the marathon has nothingto do with his job at Harvard, Murphy takes timeon weekdays to meet with McGilvrey to plan thebusing for the marathon...