Word: runner
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...presidium from 48 to 24 members and confirming Slovene Stane Dolanc, 52, as its secretary. Thus Dolanc was reappointed as a member of Tito's inner circle of advisers, and in the long term, he could be a possible successor. In the short term, the front runner for Tito's title as President is Edvard Kardelj, 68, preeminent among eight members of Yugoslavia's collective state presidency and the party's chief theoretician. Kardelj, however, is ailing and may be no more than a prospective transitional figure...
...year later, she had worked up to 50 miles a week and entered her first Boston Marathon, finishing 29th among women runners. This year, she was 12th, breaking the esteemed 3-hr, barrier with a time of 2 hr., 54 min. for the 26.2-mile marathon distance. (In all, some 200 women completed the course.) The loneliness?and the hardship?of the long-distance runner leave her unfazed: "I have more self-confidence, more energy than I had before. And when I run in the rain, I feel about six years...
Then there is the canard that a woman's menstrual cycle inhibits peak performance. World and Olympic records, however, have been set by women who were having their periods. Nor does exertion disrupt the cycle for most women athletes. Says one world-class runner: "I'm so regular, it's ridiculous." However, some women undergoing hard training do stop menstruating for months at a time. This cessation of the cycle, called amenorrhea, occurs in about 45% of women who run over 65 miles a week-as well as in dancers, ice skaters and gymnasts. Many experts link...
...Governor makes enemies, and three Democrats have a shot at upsetting Finch: his predecessor, former Governor Bill Waller, 51, a folksy Jackson lawyer who has a broad black following after twice prosecuting the accused murderer of Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers; Columbia Attorney Maurice Dantin, 48, a lean marathon runner who seems to have inherited the help of some key Eastland supporters; and Charles Sullivan, 53, a former Lieutenant Governor from Clarksdale with strength in the northern part of the state. Running as an independent with unknown impact is Charles Evers, brother of the slain Medgar and mayor of Fayette...
While the heavies round out their season schedule, two Crimson weightmen and one runner will compete in the NCAA championships later this month in Eugene...