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...foolhardy action that results in the fouling of our oceans and beaches by oil tankers. It is frightening to realize that in order to save four days' time, the captain of the tanker was willing to risk damage to his ship and the "pollution of beaches from Holland to Spain." Penalties should be leveled and be stiff enough to make the loss of time a very attractive alternative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 19, 1971 | 4/19/1971 | See Source »

...ennui, tankermen are prey to fleeting fears. In the past two months, mysterious explosions have sunk three tankers off the coast of Africa. Last week four crewmen were killed when a Swedish tanker blew up in a Hamburg drydock. Loaded, the Europoort carries enough oil to pollute beaches from Holland to Spain, though Esso strictly bans any ocean discharges except in dire emergencies. Empty, the ship is as potentially explosive as nitroglycerin, with a rich mixture of oxygen and oil fumes in its massive tanks. To prevent inadvertent explosions, a Japanese company has designed an automatic system that forces inert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Tankerman's Eerie World | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...friends. Model Mirella Haggiag, for example, recommends going back to sleep after the breakfast tray arrives: Princess Ira von Furstenburg prefers dinners alone (a man is sure to order "pasta or curry with rice, and how can one resist?"). Mrs. J. Paul Getty Jr. imports vegetarian pté from Holland to London, uses no eyeliner but the pure kohl she collects in Marrakesh. Emilio Pucci is high on massage ("I have two Filipino girls who come to the house: I would find it distasteful to be massaged by a man"). Luciana also quotes her mother's beauty plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mirror, Mirror | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

Died. Dr. Paul de Kruif, 80, bacteriologist and author of laymen-oriented medical books: of a heart attack: in Holland, Mich. Holder of a Ph.D. in microbiology but no medical degree, De Kruif developed an antitoxin for gas gangrene, helped produce a successful treatment for syphilis before penicillin was used. He wrote 13 books, among them the bestsellers Hunger Fighters and Microbe Hunters. He also collaborated with Sinclair Lewis on Arrowsmith, which dealt with a onetime country doctor. Answering whispers that he had ghosted the book for Lewis, De Kruif said: "This is wrong. But Lewis would have been completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 15, 1971 | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

...rally, which was held on the Boston Common, started at 4:15 p. m. Speeches were given by Paul Coumings, a draft resister and anti-war activist; Ruth Lettvin of the Cambridge office of the Panther Defense Committee; and Kim Holland of the New Bedford Panthers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seale March | 3/6/1971 | See Source »

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