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...Baker received money from meat import-export transactions, and "wasn't this part of a device whereby the Murchison interests could reimburse you for past and future legislative favors granted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: The Silent Witness | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

...away as Leningrad and the Ukraine, and they shipped him 58 knitting machines-ostensibly for the rehabilitation of the mental patients. From a Moscow hosiery factory Businessman Roifman cadged a starting supply of 25 tons of waste thread; from collective sheep farms he found a way to import 50 tons of wool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Down at Kursk Station | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

From Siel, one learned more than ever that life and sanitation are not be separated. He was a superlative plumber whose thoughts flowed with import and were never dull...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: The Age of the Plumber | 3/5/1964 | See Source »

Competition from Celebrities. Imports of Australian beef have doubled in the past two years, and U.S. prices dropped 25% in 1963. More than 10% of the 97 Ibs. of beef eaten by the average American last year was imported, and most of it came from the sprawling ranges of Australia and New Zealand, which produce a chewy but inexpensive grade of meat. The new trade agreements will hold this year's imports to the 1962-63 level and permit small increases later-but this did not satisfy U.S. cattlemen. In Omaha, the National Livestock Feeders Association announced that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agriculture: Trouble on the Range | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

Actress Prentiss is an offbeat comedienne who sometimes spoils her flibbertigibbet appeal by straining for laughs that just aren't there. Maria Perschy, a German import who resembles Romy Schneider, plays Paula's roommate, which gives her a chance to carry messages back and forth and practice her English. The movie's chief support lies in a wagonload of outdoor gear supposedly borrowed from Abercrombie & Fitch. Of note to sportsmen is a pair of inflatable waders-step into a drop-off and the pants fill with air, quickly ballooning so big that they flip the occupant over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rock & Reel | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

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