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...Doud's son-in-law was not in a position to forget his job completely but he rapidly settled into a routine which successfully combined work and relaxation. Up every morning at 6:30, Ike Eisenhower shaved himself with a safety razor and danced noisily under a shower, first hot, then cold. Once dressed he headed downstairs to the large, old-fashioned dining room, whistling a tune as he went. His current favorite: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin', from the movie High Noon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mrs. Doud's Son-in-Law | 8/24/1953 | See Source »

Instead of a posse. Little organized a "postcard shower" from Press readers to cheer up the jailed Texan, helped newspapers in Conley's home town of Amarillo raise a $5,500 fund for his legal defense. Last week, after 37 months in jail, Texan Conley was back home with eight-year-old daughter Lynette, aided in part by the decision of a Massachusetts judge to let Texas settle the custody question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Down with Damyankees | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...away, some of the splendors of the gaudy resort emerged fairly intact. Facing the sea are 300 yards of villas and terraces. Some of their walls are still covered with paintings of nymphs and satyrs. Two marble and ceramic staircases lead to the upper terraces. Other finds: shower rooms, sculptures of amazons and a Venus, a small theater, three bath houses (one, 90 feet in diameter, shows a large apse open to the sun, presumably for ancient tan-seekers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

...voice," has an almost coyly commonplace explanation for his success: "Every man who sees one of my movies, or who listens to my records, or who hears me on the radio, believes firmly that he sings as well as I do, especially when he's in the bathroom shower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bathroom Baritone Inc. | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

Citation: "Imaginative, resourceful, vehement, volcanic. A doctor to the drama, he cuts out whole scenes, resets parts, injects vitality, and makes things move. He pushed Pinza about, put Mary Martin in a shower, kept Ethel Merman tough, and who but Logan could bring it about that 'Bloody Mary Is the Girl I Love'? A disciple of the classic dramatists, he makes his audience see and feel what human nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos, Jun. 22, 1953 | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

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