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...busily as their legs. This year riders gulped 1,000 roast chickens, 300 lbs. of chocolate, 21,000 quarts of mineral water, 100,000 prunes. Barred from the menu: white wine and fried food, which induce cramps. Press helicopters hovered overhead. From tortuous mountain roads, where spills are bloodiest, TV cameras vividly pictured the struggles of storm-lashed competitors. A bottled-gas firm hired a dozen Paris revue stars, staged free shows in a portable theater at each stopover. Monstrous advertising floats included a 65-ft. hair-cream tube and a 17-ft. housefly whose electronic agonies boosted its sponsor...
...bled and lost in Indo-China. had evacuated Tunisia and Morocco, blaming it all on the "politicians." They had toppled the Fourth Republic in May 1958 to install De Gaulle-who was now telling them only three years later that they had to give up Algeria, the last and bloodiest possession of all. But the soldiers, in their bitter years abroad, had lost all touch with the new sentiments of Metropolitan France-the contentment with prosperity, the weariness with trying to impose authority on those who did not want it. It was the Métropole. rallied by Charles...
...These heretics are worse than the Saracens!" exclaimed Pope Innocent III, and on March 10, 1208, he proclaimed a crusade against a sect in southern France that became one of the bloodiest blots in European history...
...capital with his family. The royal entourage had as much chance of inconspicuous anonymity as a troupe of menagerie freaks.They were recognized 125 miles from Paris at Varennes and-the whole coach train of them-hauled back to finish their roles as tragedians in the century's bloodiest drama...
Oaters & Eyes. What about next season? Well, The Untouchables will be back, along with a host of more or less recognizable imitations: ABC's Roaring 20s and The Corrupters, NBC's Cain's 100, CBS's The Defenders. The next season will be the bloodiest ever: of 73½ hours of prime evening time, the three networks already have tentatively budgeted 30½ to oaters, private eyes and "action-adventure" series (see chart...