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...least important nations, seminations and oddball principalities he could find, from seagirt Lundy (pop. 21), ten miles off the coast of an indifferent England, to the Middle Eastern principality of Swat (pop. 518,600), whose wily Wali encourages the tourist trade, according to Sack, by personally inspecting the toilet drains in his nation's only hotel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Wily Wali | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

Life of the Party. In Indianapolis, the Democratic sheriff's deputies were especially pleased when Democrat Mrs. Opal Kremer took over as county recorder, because her Republican predecessor had kept the door of the toilet locked, refusing to share it with Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 9, 1959 | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...scientific, wheedling is not easy. Every set of outward-bound scholars wants free cameras, sleeping bags, Aqua-Lungs and cars. One persuasive undergraduate was able to separate two Land Rovers some years ago from the firm that makes the rugged, cross-country cars, but lesser gifts are more common. Toilet paper, for some reason, is showered on expeditions, and not long ago a Cambridge expedition received several cases of highly negotiable whisky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Nematodes & Seaweed Gin | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...chambermaid. One woman guest arrived early, found Cushing still at work on the plumbing. Snarled Alec: "Madam, come back in three hours, and we'll be ready. Meanwhile, don't bother me." That night everything went wrong. There was no dinner until 10. Only one toilet was working, and the waiting line for it snaked out into the lobby. One of Cushing's daughters tripped, broke her leg. A guest ran over one of his dogs. The whole thing was, to use Cushing's word, "ghastly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bonanza in the Wilderness | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Luckily for Emoto's bride and the 25 other passengers and crew of the DC-3, Emoto's departure was not quite as spectacular as he intended. In his canvas bag were found two sticks of dynamite. In the plane's toilet were 25 more sticks, a burned fuse and a percussion cap that had failed to explode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Emoto's Plan | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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