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...main Amazon . . . started to trek across the Tumuc-Humac Mountains. . . . After several days we came to a village where all Indians were completely nude. We saw an airplane caught in the branches of a big tree. A few hours later we met Redfern. He was dressed in a ragged singlet and underpants. He looked like a man over 40, hobbling on rude crutches made of tree branches and liana. He found difficulty at first speaking English, but evidently he had been expecting to be found. Williams gave him a biscuit and some tinned meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Redfern Rumors | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

Public attention was diverted by the appearance of Boxer Carnera in the ring, his huge Venetian tummy modestly covered by a straining, skintight singlet purchased at a nearby haberdashery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: No Shirt, No Fight | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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