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...last week's West Coast Grand Prix. But the 72,000 spectators who paid from $12 for a bleacher seat to $1,000 for a hotel balcony view enjoyed more than just a road race. The two-hour Grand Prix was the climax of a three-day combustible fiesta, and TIME Correspondent David DeVoss was among the participants. Explained former Maserati Racer Carroll Shelby as he blissfully sniffed a passing cloud of hydrocarbon: "This is a spectacle...
...have been able to reduce their labor force, by offering workers up to $6,000 to quit. All three companies are offering new and revamped models, and Ford is raising capacity from 980 to 1,500 cars a day at its Saarlouis plant to meet expected demand for the Fiesta minicar that will go on sale in the fall. Opel and Ford are now profitable again, and VW says that last year's loss will be far smaller than...
...money has not bought Vesco universal popularity. Last December he served as honorary president of a fiesta in Heredia, a provincial capital. But after the newspaper Excelsior (which Vesco is rumored to own) ran pictures of the financier crowning the winner of a beauty contest, the town fathers rebuked the fiesta commission for honoring the infamous exile, and two other dailies published expressions of moralistic indignation from educators and public officials. Vesco's presence is frequently denounced by politicians in opposition to the government of Figueres' successor, Daniel Oduber. Mario Echandi, who served as President from...
...Kush lined up for the helm but the Sun Devils' mentor snubbed the lucrative pact. Kush was voted American Football Coaches Association 1975 Coach of the Year. He guided his team to a number-two ranking in the nation's polls and a 12-0 record, which included a Fiesta Bowl cakewalk over Nebraska...
...finding myself in Spain in July, I headed for Pamplona to pay my respects to San Fermin and his Dionysian worshippers. After a sleepless all-night train ride, crushed into a stuffy corridor crammed with Spaniards on their way to Pamplona, I arrived on the first day of the fiesta. The city was jammed and the wine had already begun to flow in the streets. I promptly bought myself a wineskin and some dirt-cheap red wine, and, with a little practice, I developed a proficiency in squirting the juice into my mouth so that it hit the back...