decade

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While “The Long Run’s” subtitle suggests a portrait of “The Decade That Made the Marathon Cool,” that decade—the 1970s—is prefaced by more than 100 pages of history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Decade by decade, age by age, the world flip flops between the two.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

Sharon and the Industry will celebrate the company’s legacy and future on Jan. 30 at downtown’s Bradbury Building with a Decade Party.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

This is key to restoring degraded landscapes and achieving global targets such as those outlined in the UN Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

Decade by decade, she watched Rosa Parks’s fame grow as the person who had ignited the movement by refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose