Brazil Single: DRIVER PROFILES
ALEX ZANARDI, 30, Monte Carlo, Monaco . . . has clinched 1997 series championship driving Target Reynard Honda for Chip Ganassi . . . leads series in victories (five), pole positions (four), laps led (338) and laps completed (1,930 of possible 2,009) . . . set CART records with six consecutive poles and 11 straight front-row starts . . . second year in the series; was Rookie of the Year and third in points in 1996 . . . has eight wins and 10 poles in 32 career starts . . . began racing in 1980...
Brazil Single: How has having a sister changed Erik's life?
"And then..." Youth Fiction Series Editor's note: This is the sixth of seven parts in the summer edition of The Town Talk Youth Council fiction series, "And then ? ."So, Erik has learned that his clone is not his clone at all, but his sister. Her name is Erica, and she is in the hospital with a broken leg - all because of his road rage. Thank heavens she doesn't need that spleen transplant! This is their first time to...
Brazil Single: THE AMERICAS
Brazilian Oil Workers Vote to End Walkout
Brazil's state oil workers halted their 4- week-old strike yesterday, an important victory for President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and his plans to reform the economy. Facing strong pressure from Cardoso to give up the strike, leaders of the 45,000-member Single Oil Workers Federation decided to recommend a return to work. Early membership voting results showed that the strike is over, they said.Cardoso took office January 1, vowing to open up Latin America's...
Brazil Single: Landmark yacht is abandoned in the Atlantic,
Sailing
ONE of the most important solo racing yachts built in Britain in recent years has been abandoned in the mid-Atlantic and there are fears that it may eventually be lost.The Adrian Thompsondesigned Open 50, Aqua Quorum, was commissioned by Pete Goss for the 1996-97 Vendee Globe single-handed round-the-world race. It completed and Goss made his name, rescuing a French sailor whose boat was sinking.Since then, Aqua Quorum has raced under the Kingfisher colours in the Route du Rhum when...
