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...centuries, Ethiopia's proud Amharas-who claim descent from a night's roistering between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba-shunned black Africans as barya (slaves). But when the emerging black African states began getting voice in world affairs, the Emperor started to fire off letters to nationalist politicians all over the continent, condemning imperialism and hailing the once despised barya as "our beloved black brothers." This week at Addis Ababa's new $3,000,000 Africa Hall, he plays host to the U.N.'s traveling special committee on colonialism. The Emperor hopes that such...
...been on top-or near it-for twelve years is Belgium's hawknosed Rik Van Looy. To his fans, Van Looy is "the Emperor." To his competitors, he is "the Devil." Badge of the Fastest. At 28, an age at which cyclists were once considered washed up, Van Looy is at his peak, winner of more races (323) than any other cyclist in the world. He has won the world road-racing championship the last two years running, and he proudly wears the rainbow-striped shirt that is the badge of the world's best cyclist...
Even with his red guard helping to clear the way, the Emperor takes his knocks...
Most racers would have taken time off to recuperate. Not Van Looy. Fortnight ago, the Emperor and his red guard pedaled out of Milan om the start of one of bike racing's toughest and richest events: the $72,000 Giro d'Italia, a 21-day marathon that winds 2,608 miles around the Italian peninsula and traverses 6000-ft.-high mountain passes in a brutal test of stamina as well as speed. Last week, with seven legs completed and 14 to go, Van Looy suffered from stomach and leg cramps. But he was within striking distance...