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Word: thoughtfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...home. "If the First Amendment means anything," Marshall continued, "it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving Government the power to control men's minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Home Movies | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...thought this might be just the last straw because I could not perform well at all on them. A day off, 8 1/2 miles the next day, and my legs were okay. On both Saturday and Sunday I ran 15.3 miles, and with the Marathon five days away, I thought maybe it'd go well after...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Jock, Beef Stew, and the Boston Marathon | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...knew all along he wouldn't, and so did he. Lots of people inevitably plan to do it, but preparation just involves too much work for a guy to go through with, and even if one selects a non-training policy, the thought of actually covering 26 miles on April 19 is usually too much to overcome unless one is sufficiently masochistic...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Jock, Beef Stew, and the Boston Marathon | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...COURSE is downhill for 300 yards, and after the first quarter mile, I had a stitch, rare for me. Panic. I thought I was really losing big and wondered what the next 25 miles might bring. Soon, the stitch went away...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Jock, Beef Stew, and the Boston Marathon | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...novice like me, was immeasurable. A person would yell, "That a boy, Ben, keep going." I think I got special attention because many pitied me. Here comes this whimp of a kid who certainly doesn't look 18. On the other hand, some kids, ver considerately, I thought, called me names, but it was sort of funny...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Jock, Beef Stew, and the Boston Marathon | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

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