Word: marathons
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...college, she promised the daughter she calls "my angel" that Mommy would be right back. Sadly, though, crank squeezes time like an accordion, and since Jennifer swore her solemn maternal oath, approximately 100 hours have passed in a sleepless, virtually food-free blur of hurried parking-lot drug deals, marathon bouts at the video poker machine and frantic cigarette runs to the mini-mart...
...recently listened to a marathon session of Sinatra's recordings. It was a revelation: hundreds of songs seemed to belong only to him. His diction was crystal clear, no slurring, no swallowing of words. His singing was pure, no pyrotechnics. The focus was on the words. But what really set Sinatra apart was his ability to inhabit a song. When Frank Sinatra sang, you felt he had lived what he was telling you. No other artist so disappears into the lyrics. DIANE DANIELLE Berkeley, Calif...
Both sides said they welcomed the private sessions and agreed to continue them this week. However, neither believes that all the differences can be overcome. Even after one marathon session Friday, Starr was largely blocked from filling in the holes in his narrative, which means a courtroom showdown is almost inevitable...
...great sacrifices. Holbrooke's frantic pre-Dayton shuttle often took him to three countries in a single day. Once all the parties had been safely corralled in Ohio, he unleashed a classic 21-day exercise in lock-up, great-power diplomacy. The outcome of this exhausting and often acrimonious marathon was in doubt until literally the very last hour...
...need to remember that the so-called winners of the marathon are, after all, simply representatives of all the groups running. The staggered marathon we are suggesting will allow us to celebrate our differences while maintaining a race that is genuinely fair to all types of runners. DAVID MESKILL, GSAS GAUTAM MUKUNDA...