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Since his small group was isolated from their tribe, Dr. Ellinger could not study the Abenlens' culture. But it was clear that they are great hunters. They carried hefty spears, and their long arrows were tipped with broad iron heads for killing wild pig. Other arrowheads were hooked and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Purest Pygmies | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Although St. Thomas was later killed (one legend says he was pierced by spears), the religion founded by him or later missionaries took firm hold. By the sixth century there were Indian churches in contact with the Christian bishops of Syria. In 883, King Alfred the Great sent an English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: St. Thomas in India | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

Down with the Sharks. Armed with special spring guns, ranging from needle shooters (to catch small fish relatively unmarred) to blunderbuss types shooting two-pound spears, the group will set sail next month for the Southern Red Sea, where the clear waters abound in all types of tropical fish. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Skin Diver | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

When the agitators finish playing patsy with the bull, the actual business of dismantling the animal begins. A man with two gaily festooned spears attempts to insert them between the bull's shoulder blades. He does this several times, so that by the time the matador carries the fight to...

Author: By Ensign PETER B. taub, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/28/1952 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the prisoner death list following the battle of Compound 76 rose to 41.* At least twelve of these were killed by last-ditch fanatics for refusing to fight or for trying to obey Boatner's orders, some were bayoneted in the trenches by U.S. paratroopers, and others died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRISONERS: Lion Tamer | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

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