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...more than a little wobbly, peace is threatening to break out in the Balkans. Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and European Union mediator President Martti Ahtisaari were in Belgrade Wednesday after finally reaching an agreement, in marathon talks with U.S. deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott, on a joint peace plan to present to President Slobodan Milosevic. The talks almost broke down earlier with the Russians exasperated at what a spokesman described as Washington?s last-minute proposal of changes to the Bonn Accord "which were not included or agreed earlier." But the envoys appear to have sufficiently ironed out their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If It's Wednesday, It Must Be Belgrade | 6/2/1999 | See Source »

...afternoon, I was again tallying the remaining hours until the paper was due. I kept reminding myself to focus on my mother and enjoy the limited time of her visit, yet a sort of academic claustrophobia began to set in, transforming her stay into a launchpad countdown to the marathon paper-writing session that I knew would follow her departure...

Author: By Sarah E. M. wood, | Title: Keeping Priorities Straight | 5/28/1999 | See Source »

Erin B. Ashwell '02 isn't a member of the cross-country team. Nor does she have the endurance of a marathon runner...

Author: By Kyle D. Hawkins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Thousands March To Support Charity | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...Mexican-American aunties used marijuana poultices for their arthritis," says Arcata Mayor Bob Ornelas, a ponytailed electrician. Ornelas boasts of running marathon races while high on the weed but insists, "I don't get stoned that much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's My Marijuana Card, Officer | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...Timothy C. Harte '90, tutor in Kirkland, completed the 103rd Boston Marathon in 147 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Minutes | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

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