Word: manse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Singer Edith Piaf's tour of the French provinces was a disaster from the start. In Maubeuge. she lost her way among the lyrics of her songs and collapsed sobbing against the piano. At Le Mans, rumors spread that she had to be taken home in an ambulance. By...
The classic test for sports cars is the 24-hour race at Le Mans. It is also the race the professionals dislike most. "I hate Le Mans," growls Britain's Stirling Moss. "It's not a race but a circus." Three hundred thousand spectators flock to Le Mans...
Safety First. Since the 1955 accident, sponsors of les vingt-quatre heures have plowed more than $600,000 into track improvements. Spectators can now watch from the protection of concrete tiers. Engines are top-limited at three liters' displacement (smaller than that of a Rambler), and no driver can...
This year at Le Mans, Ferrari, Jaguar and Aston Martin were once again the cars to beat. Ferrari's three-car factory team was favored on the basis of sheer speed, while the Jags and Astons pinned their main hopes on a recurrence of the 1957 race, when mechanical...
But with less than four hours to go, the Hill-Gendebien car developed engine trou ble. After that, it was no contest. Plugging steadily onward, two factory Astons finished one-two for the first Aston Martin victory in Le Mans history. The new champions: Carroll Shelby of Dallas, and Britain...