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...only V-8 engine in the pack (a supercharged Winfield that can turn up to 8,000 r.p.m.), pushed a little too hard. The wicked acceleration of his Novi Vespa Special spun a tire loose on its rim, the valve stem tore, and the resulting blowout sent the racer careening into the south wall. The Novi exploded in a great, greasy ball of flame, but Russo walked away. Behind him, four cars (out of 33 entered) swirled into a slow-motion mixup...
Wildest Beast. By contrast to Soutine. Vlaminck leaves no doubt of his initial debt to Van Gogh. Recalling the day he saw his first Van Gogh oils. Vlaminck says: "When I left that gallery, I loved Van Gogh more than my own father.'' Vlaminck, onetime bicycle racer, nightclub fiddler and casual Sunday painter, began turning out paintings in pure, clashing colors that made him, along with Matisse, one of the leaders of the fauve (wild beast) school, and as Derain said, "the wildest of the beasts...
Just passed a racer. Yo ho, look at us roll. What did he say, Ralph? He lost a wheel? Those are the breaks...
Ralph, you are clever grabbing hold of that truck. Much easier this way. Maybe we'll win the prize--$140 racer. Bike Exchange gives it. Real sports. Wellesley gives free food. My feet are killing...
Borne north by car and plane, by skier and foot racer, the Olympic torch this week will travel from Rome to the famed ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites. Its arrival will open the seventh Winter Olympics. Even before they began, the games seemed headed for trouble...