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...history; two months ago in Florida, Sadair cracked a bone in his foot. Then there was Bold Lad, brightest star in Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps's Wheatley Stable, the top money-winning stable in the U.S. ($1,073,572 in 1964). A son of Bold Ruler, "the fastest horse in the world up to nine furlongs," Bold Lad seemed like a chip off the old block when he won six stakes last year. He was, in more ways than one. All through his career, Bold Ruler was bothered by "splints"-painful, tumorlike growths on the shinbones. Bold...
...boxes, they had-that's right-automatic transmissions. "Better acceleration," Hall insisted, and in a practice run for last week's twelve-hour Prix de 1'Endurance, he tooled around Sebring's 5.2-mile course in 2 min. 57.6 sec.-nine seconds better than the fastest Ford...
...Luigi Chinetti tried to plead nolo Commendatore, claiming that the cars were not really representing old Enzo at all-they were just individual entries competing as individuals. To prove the point, Chinetti had the cars painted five different colors. A Ford mechanic admitted that the Chaparrals were "the fastest cars here, no doubt about it." But could they keep running for twelve hours? The automatic transmissions were certain to impose an extra load on the Chaparrals' brakes-since they would be unable to gear down on Se-bring's 13 curves. Snorted Hall: "We've got heavy...
Unhappy Distinction. All the while, Portland State has been gaining in academic quality, much to the credit of President Branford P. Millar, 51, and his deep belief in the urban college as "the fastest growing segment of higher education." The parents of most Portland State students never went to college. But, says Millar, they and their children understand the fundamental fact of the times: "This is the generation that is going to have to live on its brains." The corollary of this concept, he believes, is the American philosophical commitment to democracy. "Higher education must be available...
...most French kitchens. Behind its slogan, "Moulinex liberates the woman," the company is increasingly selling the French housewife on le confort. Its product line is also stretching beyond the kitchen, now includes electric heaters, vacuum cleaners and a $3.50 hair dryer that is one of the world's fastest-selling models...