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...shortly after noon when Schuster crossed mile 23 - on a corner where several hundred onlookers cheered the racers, shouting "It's all downhill from here!" - and first heard the announcement from a squad car's loudspeaker that the marathon was cancelled. As she neared mile 25, she encountered policemen standing in the middle of the street, urging runners to stop and walk and informing them that it was now just a 'fun run.'" Other runners said they were given even less clear-cut directions from festival officials - some runners said the only notice of the race's cancellation they received...
...started noticing that there were sirens everywhere; it was nonstop. I knew it was getting bad when I saw people off in the distance running into a small park to drink from one of the big fountains," Hayes said. "After we were re-routed, I heard one of the spotters using his bullhorn and he just kept yelling, 'Runner down, runner down!,' Inside the tent at the park, it looked like some type of mini-disaster, everyone icing themselves down, looking awful...
...people in live in, celebrity, life, death and the consequences of not being able to find oneself. At least one audience member had a personal connection to the Cunanan story and admitted to being anxious about seeing the production. "I lived through this story very personally, and when I heard about it a couple of years ago, I wondered how ridiculous it would be as a musical," she said. "I think you've done an incredible job." This version, however, will still undergo revisions. Said Ashley, "This piece is still in the process of discovery...
...abrupt—changes between narrative voices make the book an occasionally disconcerting read. Still, it is an apt representation of Antonina’s life—perpetually subject to explosive changes—and knowledge of her world, which consisted of information gleaned from personal observation, stories heard from friends, and impressions from the media. “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is a sweet and lovely book with both a fascinating story and a fascinating protagonist—when Ackerman actually chooses to write about them. It’s nice that Ackerman...
...Leading up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, U.S.A. Track and Field will pump up the next generation of stars, and tell us how they'll put all this sorry history behind us. Well, I heard that storyline back in 2004; how, with good conscience, can I buy it again? The world's two top sprinters, Tyson Gay of the United States and Asafa Powell, the 100-meter world record holder from Jamaica, have a nice little rivalry, and you'll hear about it ad nauseam in the months before the '08 games. But it's hard...