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...walked 303 miles (488 km) in a six-day race--and that was the least of his feats. In 1959 Ted Corbitt, dubbed the "father of American distance running," introduced Americans to the "ultramarathon"--a race that is longer, often significantly so, than the traditional 26 miles (42 km)--with a 30-mile (48 km) event in New York. The co-founder of the Road Runners Club of America, he trained by running 200 miles (320 km) a week and won 30 of his 199 events. The secret? "[You] have to be very strange," he said. "You don't have...
...holy to three religions, will be a constant shadow over the negotiations. Palestinians have long demanded that the eastern part of the city should be the capital of the state of which they have dreamed for decades. For Jews, who pined 2,000 years for Jerusalem, victory in the Six-Day War of 1967--and with it, control over the whole city--was a moment for the ages. And for 40 years, all who have negotiated for an end to the hostility between Israelis and Palestinians have known that the question of Jerusalem would have to be settled one day...
Compared to its usual benighted state, recent events in Burma appear to offer a glimmer of hope. On his return from a six-day visit, United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari told the Security Council on Nov. 13 that the situation in Burma was "qualitatively different" from how it was during September's brutal crackdown against Buddhist monk-led democracy protests. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate opposition leader, was allowed to meet with members of her party for the first time in three years, and released a statement saying she looked forward to "a meaningful and time-bound...
...loomed so large in Harvard’s memory that, in the decade that followed, it was known only as the Strike. This six-day student boycott of classes in April of 1969—a reaction to the administration’s brutal put-down of a University Hall sit-in—soon solidified its goals into three major points. One was the creation of an Afro-American Studies Department, an objective that was affirmed by a majority of 6,000 voters at a mass meeting in Harvard Stadium. By the end of the month, the University...
Anglican bishops met in Tanzania in February to issue an ultimatum to the U.S. church, calling for an end to both the appointment of gay clergy and the approval of same-sex unions. After a six-day meeting in New Orleans, American Episcopalians decided Wednesday that they will "exercise restraint" in doing both actions, but did not announce an end to its liberal position on homosexuality. The Episcopal Church also called for an end to the practice of foreign bishops consecrating Americans...