Word: marathoner
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...paper-shuffling marathon has had telling effect. Conceding that the IBM case "wears people out," Justice Department Lead Counsel Raymond Carlson recently announced he would retire this fall (Katzenbach, too, admits he is "sick to death of this," and is retiring in four years). A new federal team, the third on the case, will cross-examine IBM witnesses. The Government wants to take 200 to 300 new depositions, in part to acquaint new prosecutors with details of the case. Two weeks ago, a youthful Government attorney asked such confusing questions of a friendly witness that Judge Edelstein, amid snickering from...
...idea of the changes in values, customs and ideals they would face. He had no idea then either that he would be 40 pounds overweight with soaring cholesterol levels that would motivate him to start jogging, lose the excess weight and successfully complete the 26-mile Boston Marathon last April...
...Still, Marathon Medalist Frank Shorter feels the long-range effect could be beneficial to U.S. athletics. Says he: "This is a shocker. It's time everyone woke up. We should do track the way it's done in tennis, where anyone can be a professional if he wants to, but amateurs and professionals can compete against each other. Maybe if Dwight's case gets enough attention, the IRS will do all of us a favor...
Probably the sex gap is unclosable in the marathon, but in the ultramarathon distances of 50 to 100 miles, women's lightness and endurance may be a commanding advantage, and a woman has been an overall winner in a West Coast 100-mile ultramarathon...
...about all serious foot flappers, published an article alleging that alcohol has not hurt the performances of several distance runners. Frank Shorter, the Olympic gold medalist, is said to have swallowed 1½2 to 2 liters of good German beer the night before he won the '72 marathon...