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Truman hit Baruch where he was most vulnerable, for Baruch wanted-and usually got-a good press. A Who's Who of acquaintances streamed to his Manhattan house and to Hobcaw Barony, his 17,000-acre plantation near Georgetown, S.C., and there was generally a newspaperman in the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Behind the Legend | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

Nauru is no Bali Ha'i, but it suits its 2,700 inhabitants down to the ground. Since the ground is almost solid phosphate, the natives support themselves by selling it off at the rate of some 1,800,000 tons a year. The only cloud on the horizon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pacific: A Tight Little Isle, With Life-Insured Style | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

> Ponte Vedra, Fla., 20 miles east of Jacksonville, is a resort that combines private houses and a resort hotel. The houses are in the $40,000-$150,000 price range and include a cubistic concrete and glass extravaganza designed by Paul Rudolph. Many of them have interior-court swimming pools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Splendors at Home | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

In Hollywood, Joseph Gotten, Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, Carole Lombard, Joan Fontaine and Myrna Loy advanced with Selznick's help. From abroad came Ingrid Bergman. But far and away, Selznick's most-discussed discovery was actually not his but his brother Myron's. In 1938 G.W.T.W. had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: The Producer Prince | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

On to Furniture. Two-thirds of these sales are earned by Samsonite's familiar, streamlined luggage, which is recognized, used and often inadvertently exchanged by travelers around the world. Its dent-proof magnesium frame, flush snap locks, and a plastic skin that can withstand everything from the -50°...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: In the Bag | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

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