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NBC / Avon International / AtAlanta Sports Promotions / the New York Times / ABC / CBS / Tafnews Press / Washington Post / /
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America / Europe / /
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China / Scotland / Soviet Union / Columbia / Spain / Hungary / France / Japan / Australia / Germany / West Germany / New Zealand / Belgium / United States / /
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USD / pence / /
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the Isle of Wight / Emmy Award / /
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Person Travel / /
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Syracuse University / Etienne Gally Memorial / /
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athletic products / non-sports activities / cosmetics giant / public relations / Internet article / /
Syracuse Track Club / Amateur Athletic Union / Women’s Sports Foundation / Road Runners Club of America / L.A. Track Club / Boston Athletic Association / National Association of Girls and Women / International Runners Committee / school board / International Olympic Committee / American Civil Liberties Union / first national federation / German Athletic Association / Congress / Syracuse University / Republicans / /
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Violet Percy / Christa Vahlensieck / Arnie Briggs / Natalie Cullimore / Gail Kislevitz / Marcy Schwam / Laurie Binder / Debbi Kilpatrick-Morris / Merry Lepper / Kim Rosenquist / Julie Brown / Stamata Rovithi / Linda Somers / Jacqueline Hansen / Jane Welzel / Maria Trujillo / Sue Medaglia / Colleen De Reuck / Anne Riddle / Roger Robinson / Ann Reinhart / Deena Drossin / Mary Brandt Croft / Katy Schilly / Patti Finke / Bill Bowerman / Carolina Marathon / Jenny Spangler / Janice Kreuz / Nina Kuscsik / Nikki Kimball / Nina Kusisck / Marla Runyan / Ernst van Aaken / Laura Nelson / Vincent Chiappetta / Sara Wells / Sampson / Ruth Anderson / Susan Munday / Jill Gaitenby / Adrienne Beames / Anne Lundblad / Lyudmila Bragina / Marty Cooksey / Julia Kirtland / Tom Miller / Kim Merritt / Denise Ellestad / Cheryl Bridges / Billie Jean King / Helen Klein Classic / Mary Hanudel / Gail Waesche Kislevitz / Janis Klecker / Judy Ikenberry / Deb Bollig / Sue Ellen Trapp / Nicole Aish / Will Cloney / Dale Grieg / Donna Hudson / Chrissy Duryea / Nancy Ditz / Comte Baillet-Latour / Eileen Waters / Liane Winter / Cheryl Treworgy / Margaret Groos / Lloyd Park / Lennie Tucker / Chris Clark / Kim Pawelek / Susan Petersen / Chantal Langlace / Dana Parrot / Penny DeMoss / Caroline Walker / Andrea Chiappetta / Monika Boers / Anni Pede / Excellence / Trudy Rapp / Kathrine Switzer / Jock Semple / Nan Doak-Davis / Lyn Carman / Paul Masson / Nancy Conz / Diane Hawkins / Edmund Fitzgerald / Kay Moore / Sara Mae Berman / Beth Bonner / Miki Gorman / Tatyana Kazankina / /
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author / and noted age-group runner / physician / secretary / administrator / coordinator / middle distance runner / physical education teacher / Race director / television commentator / President / passionate and tireless advocate / athlete / coach / professor / author / Runner / assistant director / Director / founder / /
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California / Oregon / /
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Washington Post / the New York Times / Hudson Valley / /
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western U.S. / central Europe / /
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the 1972 Olympics / European Championships / the 1984 Olympics / the Munich Olympic Games / American Women’s Marathon Championship / the Summer Olympics / the Women’s International Bowling Congress Championship / the Olympic Games / the 1976 Montreal Olympics / Scottish National Cross-Country Championships / the 1967 Boston Marathon / the Olympics / returning the Olympics / /
Out of the bushes, ahead of the ambulance, and into the spotlight: milestones in the history of women’s (mostly distance) running, Part I BY CHARLES HOWE