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...Driving a Lotus, its brakes virtually useless for the last 15 laps, Britain's Stirling Moss averaged 91.3 m.p.h., fast enough to win the 203-mile Pacific Grand Prix at Monterey, Calif...
...ocean, and its topography still resembles that of a shallow sea bottom, raised at the edges by a saucer-rim of mountains, with few barriers against wind or sun. The flat landscape is banded by four distinct regions-the icy northern shelf of the tundra, where nothing grows except moss, lichen and dwarf shrub; the dense forest zone, or the taiga, where arctic birches sprout beside palm trees; the steppe, a black earth meadowland which, when properly farmed, is among the most productive soils in the world; and farthest south, the deserts. In this overwhelming setting, Russia made...
...President he no longer knew how to pilot any vehicle more complicated than a caddie cart. Last week-after studiously familiarizing himself with the mechanical mutants currently surviving Detroit's Darwinian struggle-Ike spun a 1958 Imperial through a Pennsylvania license test with all the aplomb of Stirling Moss. Final verdict on the General of the Army by his police corporal examiner: "An excellent driver...
...York. This week the show passed Oklahoma's record of 2,212 performances to become the longest run musical in Broadway history. It is still remarkably crisp, thanks to production assistants, who appear regularly in the audience, advise cast and crew when the show lags. Director Moss Hart himself rehearses every major cast change, and Authors Lerner and Loewe check in occasionally. Lady has, to date, taken in some $50.2 million -$18 million on Broadway, $15.7 million from the traveling national company. $16.5 million from foreign productions. But there are still worlds to conquer. Although My Fair Lady...
...Wide World of Sports (5-7 p.m.). Driver Stirling Moss describes the action in the 24-hour sports-car race at Le Mans...