Word: packed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shortly before noon the runners lined up for the start, those marked "official" staggered by times, and those marked "unofficial"--at the back of the pack--staggered by the prospect of running 26.2 miles. As the gun sounded, we struggled frantically to remove our uncooperative sweats and wound up as the last runners to cross the starting line--not an auspicious beginning...
Moving up through the crowd of runners, we found our pace as the pack began to thin a little, leaving room for a normal stride. One of the first highlights of the race was a glimpse of Groucho Marx running by in a tailcoat, undershorts, bow tie, glasses and cigar, speeding through the field in characteristic bent-over running style...
...Morrison identifies Son's revelatory force with his unwashed body's smell which is powerful enough to wake a sleeping Jadine and to arouse her sexually, but horrible enough to mix with her fantasies a sense of shame comparable to that of a bitch in heat, taken by a pack of dogs turn by turn and then beaten in disgust by townspeople...
...would go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, had best steer clear of M.S. Sunward II. Of the 750-odd passengers who pack aboard the spruce white ship in Miami each week for a voyage to the Bahamas, few will later recall ever having seen seas, let alone a lonely sea. On Sunward II and most other cruise ships operating out of U.S. ports, sea and sky are props for a floating fantasy sitcom vacation that promises to be more naughty than nautical. Aboard Sunward, which steams only 380 nautical miles in the course...
...only extra expenses are for souvenirs and the cheap, duty-free drinks. Says Sam Revel, owner of a Beverly Hills travel agency: "First of all, people want to relax. They don't want to hurry around airports, worry about what kind of hotels they'll be in, pack and unpack. On a cruise, everything...