Word: manly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When it comes to high-altitude living, says plump Dr. Carlos Monge, director of Peru's National Institute of Andean Biology, the Andean man is in a class by himself. Last week in Lima Dr. Monge told scientists from 18 countries about his continuing researches in a subject on which he ranks as one of the world's leading authorities (TIME, June...
Mighty in the Mountains. So adapted, Andean man can perform amazing quantities of work at altitudes where non-adapted lowlanders fall gasping and retching. The somber-eyed, long-exploited descendant of the Incas is in fact a sort of superman. "After eight hours' hard work in mines at more than 16,000 feet above sea level," says Dr. Monge, "his idea of relaxation is a soccer match in which he sometimes plays barefooted...
...Aymara of the Incas, play their mournful five-noted pipes of Pan and on festive occasions get falling drunk on tinka, a poisonous potion of cane alcohol, nicotine and cocaine. But the pressure for land has increased, and the ancient farming ayllus (communes) are disappearing. More & more, Andean man has hired out to haciendas or mines, or moved to coastal cities. When he descends to the Pacific, it becomes his turn to undergo the rigors of adaptation, and the experience is often too much for him. Partly for this reason, Lima and Callao have one of the world...
...went down with the tug. The other five crewmen managed to launch the small lifeboat. It, too, soon capsized. The only man who could not swim, Gerald Anderson, 17, managed to crawl athwart the upturned lifeboat. One by one the others lost their grip and went down. An hour and a half later the lifeboat washed ashore and Anderson was picked...
...live on the money you save on aspirin. The only trouble is, I keep thinking of jokes and I don't know what to do with them." As for TV, Allen found it "too graphic. In radio, even a moron could visualize things his way; an intelligent man, his way. It was a custom-made suit. Television is a ready-made suit. Everyone has to wear the same...