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FOR SOME, MARATHON RACES ARE THE ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL.(Sunday Magazine/Travel)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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June 15, 1997
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Byline: Mike Steere
It all began with Pheidippides, who in 490 B.C. ran to Athens from the Plains of Marathon, bringing news of a great military victory.
After his feat, which inspired the 26-mile, 385-yard modern marathon, he shouted: ``Rejoice! We conquer!'' Then he died.
It would have amazed the Athenian to know that hundreds of thousands of 20th century athletes would duplicate his run just for the fun of it. And he would have been absolutely flabbergasted to learn that today an event called ``The Last Marathon'' is run in some of the world's ...
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Brigadier General Frederick A. Zehrer III.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies
; BRIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK A. ZEHRER III Retired Aug. 1, 1992. Brigadier General Frederick A. "Rick" Zehrer III is commander, Standard Systems Center...transferred to Kapaun Air Station, West Germany, as director of inspection, U.S...
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EMPRESS FREDERICK: THE LAST HOPE FOR A LIBERAL GERMANY?
Magazine article from: The Historian
; ...took the name Empress Frederick after the death of her husband, Emperor Frederick III of Germany (1831-88), as...a liberal legend of Frederick III and criticized his...power of Prussia and Germany in Europe, and he...
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An Uncommon Woman. The Empress Frederick.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...it all was for the future of Germany - Bismarck's Germany - and modern Europe. 'Vicky...the Hohenzollerns were running Germany on the rocks, as she said...the throne, to become Emperor Frederick III, she could do nothing about...
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Frederick A. Allner Jr. CIA ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Frederick A. Allner Jr., 79, who retired from...Austria, Vietnam, Switzerland and Germany, in addition to assignments in Washington...Survivors include three children, Frederick A. Allner III of Glyndon, Md., Allen S. Allner...
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Frederick A. Allner Jr., 79, CIA consultant.(METROPOLITAN)(OBITUARIES)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Frederick A. Allner Jr., a consultant...Austria, Vietnam, Switzerland and Germany, in addition to assignments...He is survived by two sons, Frederick A. Allner III of Glyndon, Md., and Allen...
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Germany suddenly rediscovers a passion for all things Prussian
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; GERMANY has many ghosts rattling...to the week since Frederick III of Brandenburg had himself crowned Frederick I, King of Prussia...Earlier this year Frederick the Great returned...Reich-Ranicki, Germany's foremost literary...
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Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books
; ...John Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor Gloucestershire...his son and successor, Frederick III, was terminally ill. Frederick lived only ninety days before...anointed sovereign, Wilhelm led Germany on a dangerous chase for world...
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Bid to restore Iron Cross divides Germany
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...justified because of Germany's new military role...the criticism to which Germany is subjected by some...introduced in 1813 by King Frederick Wilhelm III as an outstanding-bravery...its middle. Despising Germany's other First World...
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A Lifeline From Frederick to W.Germany;Md. Woman Takes on the Military to Save Son on Death Row
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...private stationed in West Germany when he was arrested...s defense fund. The Frederick community has also been...has traveled to West Germany to testify on his behalf...last year, when the Frederick High School Class of...later work on the Titan III missile and the preliminary...
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Magazine article from: Europe
; ...the occupation of Germany and Austria. From...built by Kaiser Frederick Ito establish a...magnificence. Frederick the Great built...Later, King Frederick III, who only reigned...be the ruin of Germany." Unwilling to...
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