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Word: relying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first woman, the Fali Eve. The toad asked the woman to put plugs into her lips, shape her mouth like the wide palate of the toad, thus acquiring some of the toad's own strength and wisdom. No aids to beauty, the plugs were truly reli gious objects, passed on from mother to daughter. As told by women of the Sare tribe, however, the legend differs slightly. They believe that the first woman climbed down from heaven on a beanstalk, on her arrival was already wearing the plugs given to her in heaven. To be strong, fer tile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Duck-Billed Women | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

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