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They thought it could bring people together.
The New York City Marathon due to be held this weekend might have given folks something to cheer about in the wake of Sandy.
But hosting a marathon in which runners would make their way through devastated1 neighborhoods, and the diversion2 of precious resources had residents and local politicians outraged3.
The City of New York right now is talking about getting water out of the Battery Tunnel and preparing for a marathon. We're pulling bodies out of water. You see the disconnect here?
So in an 11th hour decision, Mayor Bloomberg called off the race.
Deputy4 Mayor Howard Wolfson: there were people who found the marathon, the very idea of it to be painful. And, as I said, that's not what the marathon is, that's not what it's about. This is a unifying5 event. It's not a divisive event. If it's a divisive event, it's not the marathon and it's better to do it next year when it's back to being the marathon again.
The decision's a disappointment to runners from around the world who've been training for months for the big day.
I thought it was a good idea for them to keep it going , maybe the city needed a lift , but I guess they have better reasons, I'm sure they have better reasons, better places for the police, firemen and ambulance to be used somewhere else.
We best get on the ale then, because I've been on the wagon6 for three weeks, staying off the ale, so at least we can go and have a drink tonight then.
This is the first time in it's 40 year history that the event has been canceled.
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devastated
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v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的 | |
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n.转移,转向,消遣,娱乐,临时绕行路 | |
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a.震惊的,义愤填膺的 | |
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n.代理人,代表,副职;adj.代理的,副的 | |
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unifying
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使联合( unify的现在分词 ); 使相同; 使一致; 统一 | |
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n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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