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Scholarly Dr. Bruno Pontecorvo, 37, was well-liked by his fellow nuclear physicists at Britain's Harwell atomic research plant. The Italian-born Briton was jolly and fun-loving, a good dancer, an enthusiastic tennis player. His pretty Swedish wife Helena Marianne was just as gay, had a flair for flamboyant clothes, including red slacks...
Strongest points on this mountainous line were probably between Pontecorvo and Pico, roughly a third of the way from Cassino to the sea. This week the fast-advancing French threw a block on the five-mile road between them, went to work to take both towns...