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...Defense Ministry war room, intelligence officers drew up the cast of characters. For foreign flavor, the fake mission chief was given an Italian accent and the exotic name of Russi. His phony deputy would be an Arabic speaker from the Middle East while a third team member, who had lived in Australia, would pretend to hail from Brisbane. Other impersonators included a doctor, three nurses and a reporting team from Venezuela's left-wing Telesur station...
...years, Wayne Allwine, 62, was the voice of Mickey Mouse. He wasn't the first to squeak Mickey's lines (Walt Disney was) or the second (that was sound-effects wizard Jimmy MacDonald). But Allwine made history in 1991 by marrying his counterpart, Russi Taylor, who still voices Minnie Mouse...
...Porsche, and whether Killy was an early hero. (Answers: "Mercedes is an excellent car, and they give me one free." And no, Pirmi, as he was called to his dismay, was only five when Killy retired; his heroes were the Italian Gustavo Thoni, the flashy Swiss star Bernhard Russi and Stenmark...
Klammer, Italian Herbert Plank, 21, and Swiss Veteran Bernhard Russi, 27, should dominate the downhill schuss. "Go for maximum speed, but never force it," says Russi. Forcing it, however, is Klammer's credo. The straighter-and steeper-the course, the better Franz feels. He likes a sheer drop of ice, so Innsbruck's curvy Patscherkofel Trail is not ideal for him. Two Canadian daredevils, Dave Irwin and Ken Read, have recently scored upsets in European events...
...year-old Swiss whiz named Ma-rie-Theres Nadig nipped favored Austrian Annemarie Proell in the women's downhill. After that, the chunky Swiss girl swiveled through a blinding snowstorm and once more bested Annemarie in the giant slalom. In the men's division, Bernhard Russi and Roland Collombin finished one. two in the downhill. In all. the Swiss men won four of the top six positions in the downhill and second and third in the giant slalom...