Word: jaguars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jaeger was elected at the same time as Thomas Mann shortly before the latter's death in August. Both expatriates, Jaguar and Mann joined 28 other living members in the exclusive society which represents West Germany's highest attainment in science and arts. It was founded during the reign of Frederick the Great...
...Whipping into the lead right from the start, Dr. Sherwood Johnston of Greenwich, Conn. took his Jaguar D over the dangerous, twisting course at Watkins Glen, N.Y. at an average 81.92 m.p.h. to win the eighth annual sports car Grand Prix. Second: Bill Spear of Southport, Conn., who averaged 81.1 m.p.h. in his Maserati...
...lower animals. Sighed she wistfully: "All I have now is a great Dane, a Chihuahua, three cats named Sabina. Romulus and Ophelia, and a rabbit known as Bublitchki. I had a pink poodle, Bon Bon, which just died after we had it dyed pink to match my pink Jaguar ... I also had some mice, but somebody let them out in Atlantic City...
...competition was stiffer than expected: at the end of the first two hours the crowds were screaming excitedly as Britain's Mike Hawthorn, in a Jaguar, was well in the lead, followed by two Ferraris and then the three Mercedes. Hawthorn had done 28 laps in less than 120 minutes, and was just about due to pull in for refueling...
Meanwhile, the Grand Prix ground on. Around 1 a.m. on orders from Stuttgart, Mercedes pulled out of the race. After a while, rain pelted down. The race and the crowd's vigil continued. But when Mike Hawthorn's Jaguar ripped past the finish line to win the 1955 Le Mans next afternoon, few people even bothered to cheer...