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...next 27 laps were what the crowd had come to see. Around and around the 2½-mile Goodwood circuit, with its six corners and dangerous, S-shaped chicane, he drove with awesome speed. Relentlessly, he closed the gap on Hill: from 17th, he moved up to 15th, then 13th, 11th and 9th. He saluted as he passed other cars and waved to Mechanic Robinson in the pits. "Stirling is driving incredibly," reported the track announcer from his vantage point in a tower. "He's taking the corners faster than ever before." In a Lola, Britain's John...
...railroad men who believe that commuters should be treated at least as well as cattle, even if they represent less profit. Noting that during rush hours, bicycles and roller skates are faster than taxis on the Chicago streets, Heineman looked about for some way to speed the final lap of the journey for the commuters his trains had delivered to North Western's Madison Street station. Said he: "We discovered one completely unused 'expressway' right in the heart of the city. It is wider than most Loop streets; it is the one remaining traffic artery in downtown...
Ineffable Light. Since Moses & Co. enigmatically disclosed six weeks ago that the Guide would incorporate "a big decision about one Paris restaurant," culinary Cassandras have been predicting disaster for one of the capital's Big Four: Maxim's, Lapérouse, Grand Vefour, Tour d'Argent (which was demoted to ** in 1952, restored in 1954). Last week, within minutes of the Guide's release, gastronomes learned that, instead, Michelin had pinned a third star on Lasserre, an epicurean pavilion off the Champs-Elysées. Among its celebrated specialties: Sole fourrée Bagatelle ($2.20), breaded...
Captain Bob Kaufmann took the lead and held it until the end of his stint, with North Carolina close behind. Williams gained on Dennis Hunter of the Crimson, when captain-elect Alan Engelberg pulled even and took advantage of a ragged turn on the last lap by Williams and went ahead by an inch...
...evening final of the individual medley, before a scattered gathering of fellow competitors and a few stray ushers, Pringle took the lead at the first turn of his opening butterfly stint. On the backstroke lap, the versatile junior opened up a body-length lead over Dartmouth's Terry Bentley, a butterfly specialist, who was racing on Pringle's right...