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Outboard Dugout. At a wharf in the Tutong River, a Dayak fisherman, the descendant of generations of headhunters, climbs into his primitive dugout canoe, glances at his stainless-steel Rolex wristwatch, yanks the starter cord on his Johnson outboard motor, and whooshes upstream in a spray of foam (in one year alone, more than 1,000 outboard motors were sold in Brunei). Farther along the river, a work crew of tattooed natives mix concrete for the pilings of a new bridge. There is money in their pockets for ice-cold Carlsberg beer, Lucky Strikes and Ronson cigarette lighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRUNEI: The Well-Oiled State | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

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