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...Octavio de la Maza, "committed suicide" last month in a Ciudad Trujillo jail cell after leaving a note confessing he had knocked Murphy off a cliff into shark-infested waters. When the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Ciudad Trujillo implied doubt of their story, by testing the shower pipe from which De la Maza was supposed to have hanged himself, the furious Dominicans complained to Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The Dictator's Long Arm | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

...sets the alarm for 7:30, stumbles out of bed at that improbable hour, silences the clanging, and plunges cloudily back into the sack whence he emerged, leaving his victimized comrade to sleep angelically through his 9 o'clock lecture. Invariably, moreover, he is at the toothpaste, in the shower, on the Seat, or at the sink at the precise moment you would like to use said utility. His timing is infallible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strange Bedfellows | 2/15/1957 | See Source »

...pacify the villagers, the Japanese government began to shower Uchinada with yen. The village got a new hospital, harbor improvements, an irrigation program, compensation for the fishing grounds occupied by the range and a gift of "consolation money." All in all, it added up to more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Aftermath in Uchinada | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

...biggest hit was the biggest boat, the 53-ft. Wheeler cruiser with twin 285-h.p. diesels, wall-to-wall carpeting, two bathrooms, a stall shower, electric galley, and private staterooms for ten. Price: $110,000. The most versatile: Neptuna's $4,400 Sportsman, a new amphibious auto trailer with retractable wheels that sleeps four on land or sea. The fastest: Bellingham Shipyards' 100-m.p.h. Bikini with hydroplane fiber-glass hull, twin inboard engines firing at 430 h.p., and a price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Full Speed Ahead | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...sixth floor houses four squash courts, a tennis and squash supply shop, lockers, a television room, dressing rooms for commuters, and shower rooms. The other two squash courts are on the seventh floor along with the gymnasium, steam room, masseur, and 12-bed dormitory, used when the bedrooms are filled...

Author: By Paul H. Plotz, | Title: Harvard Club of New York: Social Focus for the Locals | 1/8/1957 | See Source »

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