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Following his left-wing reflexes, Castro immediately blamed the U.S. for the tragedy. His mouthpiece commentators blamed "the interests that place obstacles in the way of Cuba's purchasing arms and planes; interests that bombed our cane fields and cities." The government's Cormbate hit the streets with an extra, calling the explosion "another U.S.S. Maine,"-hinted that the U.S. had blown up the ship to compel Cuba to accept revision of Cuba's sugar quota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Remember La Coubre | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

...Roman coins of widely separated dates suggested that a remnant of the Jewish resistance force held out for a century. From one of the caves came a woman's comb, fragments of clothing, and a piece used in chess or some similar game. In another were arrows with cane shafts, no doubt intended for use against Roman legionnaires. At each end of the wadi, Dr. Aharoni's expedition found the ruins of blockhouses built by the Romans to starve out the rebels. In one case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hideouts in the Wadi | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...shock but to seduce; he subordinates all symbols to pictorial splendor. And, like James Joyce in literature, he delights in demonstrating his utter mastery of varying techniques and styles. "Eet ees interesting que I have used on le left a very realistic technique," he murmurs, waving his enameled cane, "and on le right le technique of les pointillists." Hidden among the dots and stripes on the right side is a head-down Crucifixion and its reflection through the banners of the Spanish provinces. A Paradisial egg of light at the top of the canvas contains, from the bottom up, Ferdinand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: History As It Never Was | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

...Then Groom Wendel Griffith brought in Progressing, and Mr. Fitz set to work. Progressing began to act up badly. "Stop trying to put your paw in Wendel's pocket," said Mr. Fitz. He bent under the fidgeting horse, tapped him lightly on the knee with his wooden cane and scolded: "Stop that!" Progressing stopped it. "Maybe he just wants to run," said Mr. Fitz hopefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mr. Fitz | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

...flat, cleared land ideal for factory sites, housing and tourist developments. Some 38% of sugar land is leased, and already planters report that lessors are more and more reluctant to tie it up in agriculture when the most attractive long green waving in Hawaii is increasingly not sugar cane but the developer's dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: New Start for Sugar | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

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