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Last week's race was, as usual, a ten-ring circus. The brassy oompah of Otto-Otto Kermbach's band thundered the Sportpalast Waltz-a ditty whose magic lies in the fact that every few bars the audience can join in with three short, shrill whistles. When enough beer and schnapps had flowed (nightly sales total 18,000 glasses of each), spectators swarmed onto the infield to dance. Fist fights flared in the smoky upper reaches of the grandstands, known as the "hayloft." The occupants of this low-cost Olympus exercise dictatorial power over the groundlings, demanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berlin: The Six Days | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

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