Word: v12
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...joined the Marine Corps, which sent him to nearby Occidental under the officer-training V12 program. As the man of the family and rather awed by that responsibility, he dispensed spine-stiffening advice to his twelve-yearold sister, now Mrs. Kenneth Schechter. "You know, Sue," he wrote once, "I have been here about two weeks, and already it's quite obvious which are leaders and which are those of poor caliber. The leaders, the ones that are respected, are those that have a fine background, such as we have (you and I). But more important, they have lived...
...Italy's Enzo Ferrari in 1958. Shelby and Gurney pooled their savings, founded a firm called All American Racers Inc., opened a factory in Santa Ana, Calif. Working with Britain's Weslake Development Co., they produced a brand-new, three-liter engine-a tiny 400-h.p. V12-and a chassis to match. Built largely of magnesium and titanium, the whole car weighed only 1,185 Ibs. The project, of course, was painfully expensive. In all, Gurney and Shelby built four Formula I American Eagles in Santa Ana, at an average cost of $50,000. To help cover...
Cleopatra. From high school in 1943, the Great Carsoni joined the Navy V12 program, served aboard the U.S.S. Pennsylvania and later in Guam. He saw no combat, but he had plenty of time to polish his magic act and work on ventriloquism. He recalls that he devoted a long night to decoding a Navy message, and delivered it to the admiral's quarters at 7 a.m. Visiting with the admiral was Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, who asked the young ensign what he was going to do after the war. "I hadn't really given it much...
...Miss Bonnie says. After graduating from South Carolina's tiny Coker College in 1928, she taught mathematics in South Carolina high schools, and in 1940 moved on to Charlotte Central High School. During World War II, she taught math to hundreds of men in the armed forces' V12 program at Duke University, finding time to pick up her own master's degree on the side...
...17th lap, one of the three team Ferraris was already out of action. On the 64th lap, Rodriguez' V12 Ferrari prototype was hitting 150 m.p.h. when the tread peeled off a rear tire and flailed the underside of the car, smashing the battery and exhaust pipes. Ferrari mechanics slapped on a new wheel, and turned the car over to Britain's Grand Prix Champion John Surtees. But the rear axle snapped on the 116th...