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* Marathon, a graphic novel illustrated by Joe Infurnari, First Second, 2012
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Twenty world records have been set at the stadium, including John Landy's records on the 1, 500 m and the mile, Nurmi's record on the 3, 000 m and Zátopek's record on the 10, 000 m. In fiction, Nurmi appears in William Goldman's 1974 novel Marathon Man as the idol of the protagonist, who aims to become a greater runner than Nurmi.
Hoffman next starred in Marathon Man ( also 1976 ), a film based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, opposite Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider.
Devane appeared in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 ) with Julie Christie and Warren Beatty ; Lady Liberty ( 1971 ) with Sophia Loren ; Family Plot ( 1976 ) directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; Marathon Man ( 1976 ) with Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier ; Rolling Thunder ( 1977 ) with Tommy Lee Jones ; Red Alert ( 1977 ) with Ralph Waite, based on a novel by Harold R. " Hal " King ; The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training ( 1977 ) with Jackie Earle Haley ; Yanks ( 1979 ) with Richard Gere ; Testament ( 1983 ) with Jane Alexander ; Timestalkers ( 1987 ) with Lauren Hutton and Klaus Kinski ; Forgotten Sins ( 1996 ) with John Shea ; Exception to the Rule ( 1997 ), with Kim Cattrall and Sean Young ; Payback ( 1999 ) with Mel Gibson ; Hollow Man ( 2000 ), with Elisabeth Shue and Kevin Bacon ; and Space Cowboys ( 2000 ) with Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, and Donald Sutherland.
In 2008, a mystery novel called The Marathon Murders was published by Nashville author Chester Campbell.
Marathon Reading is a yearly program put on by the UCLA department of English, where a group of students, faculty, community members, alumni, and often even celebrities read a novel ( or two ) out loud non-stop for a 24-hour period.
Marathon and illustrated
He accompanied Thompson to the Kentucky Derby for an article for the magazine Scanlan's, to the Honolulu Marathon for the magazine Running, and illustrated both Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ' 72.
The Clyde skidder illustrated was photographed at the Marathon Lumber Company logging operations near Newton, Mississippi in the early 1920s.
Marathon and by
# There is an incidental indication of time, which points to the period after Marathon as the true date for the events which are referred by Herodotus to the year before Marathon, viz.
The Athenians, joined by a small force from Plataea, marched to Marathon, and succeeded in blocking the two exits from the plain of Marathon.
The Athenians would have to hold out at Marathon for the time being, although they were reinforced by the full muster of 1, 000 hoplites from the small city of Plataea ; a gesture which did much to steady the nerves of the Athenians, and won unending Athenian gratitude to Plataea.
There were ten Athenian strategoi ( generals ) at Marathon, elected by each of the ten tribes that the Athenians were divided into ; Miltiades was one of these.
The first theory is that the Persian cavalry left Marathon for an unspecified reason, and that the Greeks moved to take advantage of this by attacking.
There are many variations of this theory, but perhaps the most prevalent is that the cavalry was re-embarked on the ships, and was to be sent by sea to attack ( undefended ) Athens in the rear, whilst the rest of the Persians pinned down the Athenian army at Marathon.
The dead of Marathon were awarded by the Athenians the special honor of being the only ones who were buried where they died instead of the main Athenian cemetery at Keramikos.
In April 2012, Marc Jenner from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, ran in the Virgin London Marathon dressed in a Bagpuss costume to raise money for the charity, supported by Emily Firmin and Oliver Postgate's family.
* The Marathon Trilogy, a series of first-person shooters for the Macintosh produced by Bungie Software in the mid-1990s
* Checker Marathon, an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Company between 1961 and 1982 ; the best known use was as a taxicab
The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.
Others say he was killed at Marathon by the Cretan bull, his mother's former taurine lover, which Aegeus, king of Athens, had commanded him to slay.
The origins of the Olympics and Marathon running are shrouded by myth and legend, though the first recorded game took place in 776 BCE.
Marathon and Joe
* May 18-Three weeks after disappearing, Joe Strummer and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the Paris Marathon.
Marathon and First
The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization ( 2011 ), popular
First Marathon and the bank's subsidiary Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc. merge their operations to form National Bank Financial, a new Canadian investment-services company.
* Derderian, Tom, Boston Marathon: The First Century of the World's Premiere Running Event, 1996, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, ISBN 0-88011-479-7
The St. George Marathon, the City of St. George First Night and the Huntsman World Senior Games are broadcast on KCSG.
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