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...night before, which was probably Wednesday, I had decided that tomorrow would be the day. I awoke early--about 9:35--took a quick shower...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Running Off at the Mouth | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

...vehicle could not exactly be called a flying camper. It is air-conditioned and heated by a propane furnace. It is equipped with an enclosed shower and toilet (and holding tank), an ample refrigerator, a two-burner electric stove, two hot-water heaters, a sink, color TV, an AM-FM radio, a cartridge and tape stereo system, and an auxiliary generator to run the appliances. The cabin, with 115 sq. ft. of living space, can accommodate eight passengers on comfortable Pullman seats, plus another deadheader beside the pilot in the cockpit. The seats are convertible at mealtimes to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: And Now, the Ultimate Arvee | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...fear of causing such a crash or a collision ?known with studied casualness as creating an "aluminum shower"?puts the controllers under tremendous strain from the time they clear a jet for takeoff until they guide it to a landing (see diagram). FAA psychological tests have shown that controllers undergo more stress than combat pilots. At Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest, they are allowed to work for only 90 minutes at a stretch during peak hours, landing a plane every two minutes while simultaneously keeping track of half a dozen more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Constant Quest for Safety | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

While the entire Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) troupe should be laved in a shower of praise, the master builder of this exercise in high style rates top honors. British Director Frank Dunlop (Sherlock Holmes, Scapino) has assembled in the borough of Brooklyn the kind of radiant acting company that Robert Morley promises to U.S. tourists who fly to London. This is the nucleus of an American counterpart to the Royal Shakespeare Company or the British National Theater. Let us pray for its robust survival. T.E. Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Divorce in Sportive High Style | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...promoted the star of Midas' 30-model trailer, camper and motor-home lineup: the Midas mini-motor home, known as a Chopped Van. Midas buys the cab and chassis of a GM, Ford or Dodge van, then builds on an insulated aluminum and wood body complete with tub, shower, refrigerator, stove, beds and other amenities. Selling price: $12,000. Midas' sales of recreational vehicles jumped from $60 million in 1975 to $106 million in 1976. That is more than half the figure for the giant of the motor-home business, Winnebago Industries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Midas Touch | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

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