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...Kitzbühel, Austria. It has been less than two weeks since Canadian Downhill Racer Dave Irwin spun out of control off the steep course in Wengen, Switzerland, slamming into the hillside at 60 m.p.h., cracking a rib and suffering a severe brain concussion. Despite the injuries and a steady downpour, though, Irwin has been working out here. "I took a couple of free runs today," he says. "Straight down, nonstop. " He will be back out every day from now on. "There's nothing a doctor can do for me," he says. "The cracked rib still hurts a little...
...maximum speed, but never force it," says Russi. Forcing it, however, is Klammer's credo. The straighter-and steeper-the course, the better Franz feels. He likes a sheer drop of ice, so Innsbruck's curvy Patscherkofel Trail is not ideal for him. Two Canadian daredevils, Dave Irwin and Ken Read, have recently scored upsets in European events...
...Hair Below. Some economists argue, in fact, that the economy is doing about as well as it ever has in creating jobs for traditional, career-minded workers. Irwin Kellner, vice president and economist of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. in New York, points out that since 1948 the number of people who do have jobs has averaged 55.4% of the U.S. population over 16 years of age. The ratio in November was only a hair below that...
NIGHTWORK by IRWIN SHAW 344 pages. Delacorte...
...ters by their ability to create a bestseller with moral resonance. "Given half the chance," says this delightful romp, "every man becomes a hero." Nightwork has no more serious point to make - except to remind the reader that he can go home again. That, happily, is just what Irwin Shaw now intends to do, 24 years after he journeyed to Europe and decided to stay...