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Last week Killy and Kidd faced each other again, this time in a two-day giant slalom meet at Adelboden, Switzerland. When the Frenchman beat Billy by 1.04 sec. on opening day, sportswriters called his performance "a sovereign victory." Kidd's second-place finish was pretty remarkable too, considering that the shorter special slalom, not the 'giant slalom, is his specialty. Kidd proved next day that he needed no alibis. Crouched low over his skis, he flashed through the 56 gates and zipped across the finish line in 1 min. 49.59 sec. No one came really close -including...
...than anybody else. Americans traditionally make the best shotputters, and the high jump has been a Russian specialty ever since Valery Brumel appeared on the scene. Milers come from everywhere. The last four world record holders, in order, have been a Yorkshireman, an Australian, a New Zealander and a Frenchman-and last week France's Michel Jazy found himself confronted with two new challengers who could hardly be more dissimilar. In Wanganui, New Zealand, East Germany's Jurgen May beat Kenya's Kipchoge Keino by a bare .3 sec. in the second fastest mile ever...
Parisian stores, which ten years ago had no U.S.-style decorations, have suddenly realized a few sprigs of holly and strings of lights can help part a Frenchman and his francs. The leader of the movement is Christian Dior. Each Dior window features a Christmas tree standing on a terrace at Versailles (that citadel of un-Christian morals). Inside, mannequins topped with Marie Antoinette hairdos and draped with Dior hostess gowns hold aloft model reindeer and-of all things-old sailing boats. From the ceiling hang huge plastic chandeliers, each of which took 300 hours to make. Said Decorator Jean...
...seven years the giant shadow of Charles de Gaulle has all but blacked out the Frenchman's interest in domestic politics. Hence the giant yawn that greeted De Gaulle's announced intention to succeed himself in the first direct presidential election in France since 1848. The nation seemed in for a pointless campaign and another seven years' imperium. But suddenly last week the picture changed. As the official two-week campaign got under way, De Gaulle's opposition - five candidates in all - proved far more alive and kicking than anyone had anticipated...
...down heavily on "social injustice" in France, sneered that "De Gaulle poses problems which concerned our fathers. I am trying to pose problems which will concern our sons." The candidate on the right, Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, spoke feelingly on the subject that still rankles and moves many a Frenchman - the Gaullist betrayal of the Algerian French...