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Steve McQueen's style of glacial cool has been perfected close to the point of impenetrable mannerism. Playing a racing driver in Le Mans, he only stands in front of the camera and allows himself to be photographed. Occasionally his lips will twitch into that shy, strong, ironic half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wheels: Petit Prix | 7/12/1971 | See Source »

The U.P.W. mans most of the telephone and telegraph services and handles 35 million letters and 500,000 parcels a day. Its members demanded a 15% increase in their pay, which now ranges from $36 to $66 a week. The post office, $72 million in the red last year, offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Pigeons and Pirates | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

Died. Jochen Rindt, 28, Austrian auto racer, who very probably will become the first man ever to win the Grand Prix world championship posthumously; when his Lotus-Ford crashed at 185 m.p.h. at Monza, Italy, while preparing for a Grand Prix race next day. A professional racer since he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 21, 1970 | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

Last week Porsche returned to Le Mans revved up for revenge. This time they had the new Porsche 917, a low-slung speedster with a 4.9-liter engine and 660 h.p. that can hit speeds of up to 200 m.p.h. on the straightaway. As was the case last year, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Power to the Porsches | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

A half-hour later, Siffert's Porsche was sidelined with engine trouble. No matter. Among the 16 of 51 starters still moving at the end of the race, eleven were Porsches. More important, the West German cars finished one-two-three, with the Porsche 917 driven by Hans Herrmann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Power to the Porsches | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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