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Word: tarzans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the wilderness where he had hidden 15 years and scared an old crone into hysterics by his mating gestures (TIME, Sept. 27). Last week, from the little Argentine border village of Itacuarare, where Batista was captured by five policemen and an awestruck populace, came a picture of El Tarzan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: EI Tarzan's Return | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

...crone lit out for the village, screaming for help. An Indian god, she told the villagers, had dropped from the sky and fallen in love with her. Next morning five policemen and the entire populace of Itacuarare marched into the jungle, finally captured Tarzan and dragged him, biting and scratching, to the village jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: El Tarzan | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

...just to keep themselves going, they practice the art of balancing on a forty-foot combination of zigzag rails. Next, as if they hadn't had enough they go back up into the air over a seven foot wall, clambering over it in a manner similar to the way Tarzan swings from tree to tree, with the aid of ropes. The most interesting part of the Obstacle Course is known as the Wire Maze. This is a substitute for the famous tire series that is used in football to develop agility and coordination of mind and muscle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STATISTICACKLES | 3/26/1943 | See Source »

Born. To Cinemactress Maureen O'Sullivan, 31, mate of Tarzan on the screen, wife of Lieut. Commander John Farrow of the Royal Canadian Navy off it: a son, 9 Ib. 8 oz.; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 7, 1942 | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

Head Boy Flynn, Warner's white-collar Tarzan, leads the Boys on a game of follow-the-leader that includes a ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 17, 1942 | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

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