Word: thon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thon, held on the Crimson's only no-workout day of the year, netted more than any other school has contributed to keep Terrier rowing alive...
...trots down the campaign trail, suffering the trials common to all candidates as well as those peculiar to women. A staff member makes a scheduling mistake, and she ends up at a marina when she is supposed to be at another boat basin; the March of Dimes bike-a-thon starts without her. As she walks down a Queens street handing out literature, one woman whispers to her husband: "She's very pretty, isn't she?" A man urges her to "get the electric chair going as soon as possible." At a housing project, a middle-aged black does...
Turning away from the river, the course climbed a hill and then descended onto the grassy "green sword" that splits Blackstone Boulevard, where a walk-a-thon was in progress. The hoards of people and dogs milling around turned Blackstone Boulevard into an obstacle course and provided the biggest challenge of the day, since no extra points were awarded for wiping out spectators...
Going up the hill from the river, Fitzsimmons broke away, while Meyer took solid hold of the second slot. As the runners dodged the walk-a-thon participants, Sheehan grabbed the third position...
Kirkland House Coordinator, Boston Bike-a-thon for Diabetes...