Word: miles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Schutte, usually a sprinter, had won the 400 and the 200--the latter in a sprint to the finish--before running the relay. Unsworth had won the mile in dramatic fashion with a final-lap kick and ran the 800 before the relay. Burton rant he mile as well as 3,000, while Moynihan won the 800 and the 3,000. Burton and Moynihan ran the relay a mere 20 minutes later...
They have not named a suspect nor do they have any strong possibilities. However, the police said they suspect Jovin knew her killer. A man and woman were heard arguing just before her body was found at 9:58 that evening just a mile from campus...
...most other areas of human endeavor. Thirty-seven years ago, Maris surpassed Ruth's record by 1.6%; McGwire catapulted the same record forward by a nearly unfathomable 14.75%. Here is what a 14.75% improvement over some other well-known marks would yield: Someone would drive in 218 runs. The mile record would be 3:11.29. Even so hyperthyroid a measure as the Dow Jones industrial average would leap ahead to the vicinity of 10,100. In a sport whose progress is characteristically Darwinian in both style and speed, McGwire not only collapsed the decades, he invented a new algebra...
...says. "He's able to shift effortlessly from Jerry Lewis imitations to why the D-day invasion was such a mess." Booth and Los Angeles correspondent Jeffrey Ressner, a regular on the Hollywood star patrol who met with the actor on the set of his new film The Green Mile, say Hanks is polite even while firmly refusing to answer questions about his family. "He wants his private life to be private," says Booth, "and you have to respect that...
...maddening perfectionist who is somehow so sincere that he doesn't piss anybody off. More important, he gives directors his fierce dedication to submerging himself in the role. "He's so versatile and has such range," says Frank Darabont, writer-director of Hanks' next film, The Green Mile, "that you don't have to take the character to him. He brings the character to the screen." Hanks also knows how to lighten things up on the set. For the kissing scene in You've Got Mail, recalls Ryan, "we were both uncomfortable. So Tom starts talking about the Microsoft lawsuit...