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Last week Coppi wound up another comeback try in the Giro d'ltalia, a tough, 2,500-mile course, whose 20 laps, raced in 20 days, run over the steep, curling roads of the Alps and Apennines. On the lap from Rome to Rocca di Papa, all uphill, Coppi, his legs pumping like pistons, spurted from eighth to second place. From then on, Coppi's fervent fans hysterically paved his way with flowers, sloshed buckets of water on their sweating idol, painted slogans along the route ("Fausto, you are the only king left...
...zeal of Jones Father & Son spreads to most of their students. All classes begin with prayers. Students argue about Bible texts as other collegians talk about sport, politics and sex. At Sunday worship and the weekday chapel services, students steep themselves in "the oldtime religion"-the intimate spiritual question, the gospel hymn, the inspirational prayer...
...Lehrer proved again yesterday that he is the most original funnyman in this--or almost any other--vicinity. While 500 people filled every seat (and most of the steep aisles), Lehrer and four supporting players turned a Burr Hall auditorium into a laugh...
...insured automobile owners in the U.S. have been well braced for another steep rise in liability-insurance rates. Costs of auto repairs have shot up, insurance adjusters' salaries have risen with the cost of living, and court and jury awards for damages have been steeper and steeper (TIME, Aug. 27). Last week auto owners learned how steep the rise might be. Insurance companies are drawing up new rates, effective starting next month, which will be about 20% higher for the whole U.S. On accident-ridden Manhattan Island, where minimum coverage already costs $115 a year, the increase will...
...Freddi. Figl rose to leadership in postwar Austria. His strength of character had been developed in Dachau and the underground, and his anti-Communism appealed to the Austrians-who have not yet forgotten the first week of the Red army rapine, when women lay shivering on Vienna's steep roofs, hoping that the Russian soldiers would be too lazy to climb all the way up. He once told a Russian: "You can put me in jail if you want to; I was there for six years, and I'm not afraid to go back...