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Because the mite abhors light, it remains burrowed beneath the surface of the skin during daytime, venturing forth only in the darkness. Thus, it cannot be detected even by careful scrutiny in front of a mirror. During its two-week life span, Demodex grows up, breeds and dies in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parasitology: An Uninvited Guest | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

Different Esthetic. There was a time when the thrill of a composer's life was a concert performance of one of his works. Now most composers see the concert hall and the LP as separate, but equally rewarding, mediums. Penderecki prefers to hear romantic music in the concert hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lp: Shaping Things to Come | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

Zoology's general rule is that no animal dies of old age. But the whale may come as close as any. For the whale has no "natural" enemies, in the sense of larger animals that habitually feed on him. Only when young or when attacked by his own kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mighty Mystery | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

The next morning a delegation from the Cortes drove to the Prince's palace outside Madrid to inform him officially that he would succeed Franco as Chief of State when the Caudillo, now 76, steps down or dies. Later the same day, Juan Carlos, whose new official title is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Back to the Borb | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

Canceled Cruise. Don Juan's followers would heartily agree with that. Word of the impending Franco announcement reached the Pretender just as he was about to leave on a Mediterranean vacation cruise. It was canceled immediately. "This operation is being carried out without taking me into account, or the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Clarifying the Succession | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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