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This competition marathon is undeniably good practice for life after Harvard. Graduates will have developed a keen eye for looking over their shoulders and constitutions that feed on the endless challenge of more and more work. After all, getting ahead is what matters. Who needs something as unproductive as a languid autumn afternoon...

Author: By Martha Ackmann, | Title: A Fourth Meal to Fuel More Work | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...their own purposes instead of interpreting it justly. As evidence, Ashcroft lambasted White for having voted 14 times to reverse a death penalty decision, proving that he was a protector of the guilty and against law and order. One Ashcroft fundraiser resigned in protest of the "marathon public crucifixion and misinformation campaign...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Political (and Other) Casualties in Missouri | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...year 2025 many of us will no longer tolerate the scourges of 20th century suburban life: the marathon commutes, the maddening traffic jams, the pollution spewing from tailpipes and chimneys. We'll demand neighborhoods where the air is pristine and places to work, shop and play are close at hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Would A Green Future Look Like? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Though the council seems to be becoming more moderate, that doesn't mean its marathon sessions are over...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Slow Shift to Center Continues; Healy May Be on Way Out | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

Every day is a physical--and mental--marathon for students like Anne. With a 4.325 GPA, a lead role in the fall musical, a load of honors courses and spots on the varsity cross-country and soccer teams, Anne is booked solid. She is so strapped for free time that she has to "check her schedule" before penciling in time for her equally overextended friends. This afternoon six of them met for lunch and went thrift-store shopping. But an hour into the outing, people started peeling off for other commitments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tuesday: 11:59 P.M. The Longest Day | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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