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...excerpts, Abramov follows Mysovsky on a day-long inspection tour of a typical collective. It is the middle of the harvest season, but one of the farm's tractor drivers shows up drunk and the other is stuck in a ditch; villagers are lolling about in the community bath houses instead of working the fields; for five months they have not received a single kopek of advance wages because there has been no money to distribute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Ah, Poor Anany | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

...order pads. While inspecting samples, King Hassan's face would light up or turn somber as he pronounced his verdicts of "Très distingué!" or "Passé." The King was said to "adore prints" and bought a total of 5,000 items, ranging from king-sized bath towels, "in every color combination imaginable," to beach togas, robes and blankets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morocco: First of the Newtime Spenders | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

...auto design for Europe? Nope. A new yacht for Ford? Yes! Under construction at a Hague shipyard, the 100-ft. yacht has twin diesels for 18-knot cruising speed, a saltwater conversion plant, sumptuous guest cabins, and a master's suite with an Italian terrazzo-tile bath fitted with gold taps. Rumored cost: close to $700,000. "If one of my friends gets details about this boat," Ford told his builders, "he'll immediately order a bigger, faster, more luxurious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 22, 1963 | 3/22/1963 | See Source »

...Palace Hotel, where a single with bath can be had for $50 a day, is still the town's toniest hangout; over the past several years, its guests have ranged from high royalty and heads of state (Belgium's Leopold III and son Baudouin, President Félix Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast, France's Pierre Mendés-France, Italy's Umberto, the Princesses Brigitta of Sweden and Alexandra of Britain) to plain old actors and artists (Joan Crawford, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Armstrong, Ava Gardner, Melina Mercouri, Lionel Hampton and Pablo Casals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resorts: Coming Up Chic | 3/1/1963 | See Source »

...brewed as a remedy for tropical stomach disorders and an antidote for scurvy. Coca-Cola began as a headache remedy. Biotherm, a popular European secret beauty preparation that is now spreading to U.S. cosmetic counters, was born when a French physician discovered plankton on the water of his sulphur bath at Aix-les-Bains. The first four-gallon barrel of Worcestershire sauce brewed up in Lea & Perrins' chemist shop tasted so bad that it was relegated to the cellar; only later was it retasted and found appealing (the length of time it sat is part of Lea & Perrins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing & Selling: They've Got a Secret | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

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