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Word: thon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thon, which organizers hope will become an annual event, may help spur growth in the homeless project, officials said...

Author: By Michael C.D. Okwu, | Title: PBH Committee Will Launch Jog-A-Thon for the Homeless | 11/3/1983 | See Source »

...estimated 60 to 70 Harvard students will run in a jog-a-thon this Sunday to raise funds for Phillips Brooks House's (PBH) program of sheltering local transients...

Author: By Michael C.D. Okwu, | Title: PBH Committee Will Launch Jog-A-Thon for the Homeless | 11/3/1983 | See Source »

...Cornell University, an outlandish crew of more than 1850 costumed celebrants competed in the annual Phi Phi 500 a local fraternity's combination of party and charity walk-a-thon. The 1.1 mile course looped through the center of Ithaca starting at and returning to the fraternity's house...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, WITH COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS | Title: Spring Spurs Student Parties Across U.S. | 5/18/1983 | See Source »

After that, minority recruiters enter another few days of frenzy, engaging in a "Call-a-Thon" to all accepted minority students and planning for a late-April "pre-freshman" minority weekend. For the rest of the staff the respite is briet: interviewing for the Class of 1987 begins...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: The Chosen Ones | 4/17/1982 | See Source »

Even when Harvard's meager offense finds its range, there's usually no one there to witness the event. No more than 40 patrons showed up for the St. Thomas More bomb-a-thon, and at least half were saying nasty things about "Hah-vahd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lack of Players Plagues JV Hoopsters; Squad Stumbles to Dismal 3-6 Record | 1/27/1982 | See Source »

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