Word: bugatti
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NIGERIA. In the bright and busy nation at Africa's southern tip, however, such difficulties seemed far away. Topless nighties were the talk of Cape Town. In Johannesburg, where last month's antique-car rally had drawn 69 entrants-from a 1907 Diatto-Clement to a 1938 Bugatti-the city was debating whether the miniskirt should be banned, and the ballet season began with performances by South African Stars Gary Burne and Phyllis Spira...
...ceased; the sport has never slowed. Engines swelled in size from one to two, to four, six, eight, even to twelve cylinders, and speeds soared. In 1924, California's Peter DePaolo "cracked a ton"-averaging 101.13 m.p.h. at the Indianapolis 500-and Europe's dark genius, Ettore Bugatti, explained why he equipped his fantastically quick and costly cars with fantastically worthless brakes: "Automobiles are meant to go, not to stop...
...public would buy. When he accepted an invitation to lecture in Germany during the Nazi occupation of France, his personal stature plummeted along with his stature as an artist. Cynical, bitter, and physically gross, he withdrew to his country mansion to pursue his favorite hobbies: speeding in his Bugatti sports car and gorging himself on food. His wife left him, and when he made headlines in 1954 after being hit by a car, many art lovers thought he was already dead. Two months later he was-one of the loneliest figures in the entire turbulent history of modern...