Word: shakedowns
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...wonderful icebreaker," says the wife of Horseman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. And they already have quite a collection of monikers for their just-named two-year-olds. There's Kiss of Death, a daughter of Femme Fatale, Gone Goose, by Crafty Admiral out of Sitting Duck, and Shakedown Cruise, by Sailor out of Plucky Maid. But the game has one drawback: like any horse owners, the Vanderbilts are the final arbiters. Smiles Jean: "I must admit most of the names we finally select are the ones my husband thinks...
Drenched Chefs. Once the hotels open, the bugs that develop during the shakedown period can reach plague proportions. Except for the top supervisory people, Hilton overseas hires locals almost exclusively. In Cairo it broke tradition by hiring women to wait on table. The girls were reluctant at first and flatly refused to wear frilly aprons because they are a symbol of service. Now the jobs are coveted not so much for the higher pay as for the chance to meet eligible men. In Athens a maid who was warned to be thorough in her cleaning dismantled a guest...
...managers autonomy to adjust to local conditions and to set rates (which vary from $14 a night in London for a single to $5.75 in Berlin). The proof of the system's success is that every one of the Hilton hotels abroad that has gone through its initial shakedown period is earning money...
Battle Station. Outsiders are not, of course, permitted on the combat patrols. But just before the Ethan Allen departed on its two-month journey, TIME Military Correspondent Louis Kraar did have a rare opportunity to accompany the sub on a week-long shakedown cruise. His report...
...drama. Over the weekend, Cuban militiamen threw up a type of cattle chute-parallel lines of wire fencing some 300 yards long-through which the 2,300 Cuban civilians who work on the base were forced to pass. At 7 a.m. on Monday, as the first workers arrived, the shakedown began. Some men were stripped naked, each item of clothing carefully inspected for "documents." Others had their shirts or pants removed. Some were forced to kneel as tough Cuban guards emptied their pockets, spat at them, and shouted such things as "Why do you work for the Yankee bastards...