Word: stilettos
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...black, redlined cloak, black stockings and stiletto heels, Graziella Sciutti is now a familiar figure in Milan and an accepted operatic star all over Europe, but her career developed slowly. As a youngster in Turin, she studied singing, was later told that her voice was too frail for opera, and decided to become a concert singer. After her concert debut in 1950, she won a few operatic parts (Lucy in The Telephone, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro), did not really get launched until Herbert von Karajan cast her in the role of Frasquita in a 1955 production of Carmen...
Richards works by the hour with Pitching Coach Harry ("The Cat") Brecheen to develop the Orioles' strong point: the finest crop of young pitchers in the majors. Instead of collapsing, as expected, under late-season pressure, 22-year-old Chuck ("El Stiletto") Estrada (17-9), 21-year-old Steve Barber (10-6), 21-year-old Jack Fisher (12-9) and 21-year-old Milt Pappas (13-10) are throwing harder and more accurately than ever. When his pitchers have their stuff, Richards confidently lets them throw to the hitter's power; when they do not, he may call...
...agricultural communes-but not until 1980-85. And unlike Red China's jampacked, hardscrabble farms (see above), Russia's communes would be proletarian pleasure palaces whose 2,400 inhabitants would enjoy every amenity from lavish restaurants to beauty parlors for the ladies. Then, driving Nikita's stiletto deep into Mao's back, Economist Strumilin blandly opined: "Of course, such an honorable name as commune must be won by practical success in the real building of Communism. First, prove your ability-then stretch out your hand for the honored title...
...then, passing through the [Audrey] Hepburn phase, we are now being subjected to miniature Bardots." Most favored place in the sun, where thousands of newly affluent working girls now spend their vacations, is Italy. Hand in hand with the vogue for espresso bars has come the Italian look, with stiletto heels for town, tapered trousers for jaunts by Jaguar to Thames-side pubs...
...from the Mound. Onetime Catcher Richards is particularly proud of five pitchers who are 22 or under-the finest group to come up in years. The two brightest rookie stars: Southpaw Steve Barber, 21, with a record of 4-1, an earned run average of 1.67; Chuck ("El Stiletto") Estrada, 22, with a 3-1 mark...