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Funny acts included Dumbo shooting peanuts from his trunk at the female elephants in Dumbo and Tigger toppling Rabbit in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh...

Author: By Sarah J. Ramer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: G-Movies Contain Violence, Study Concludes | 5/26/2000 | See Source »

...stupidity of the whole scandal goes without saying. Like it or not, hazing is a rite of passage for many college organizations. Those Vermont seniors who were getting their jollies watching their naked rookies, probably assumed the Dumbo position in their first season...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The "V" Spot: Harvard Hazed by Vermont Scandal | 1/19/2000 | See Source »

First, although the mammoth's head had been excavated in previous weeks, the scientists reattached the tusks to the block of ice before the helicopter transport. The result was something akin to Dumbo the flying ice cube--a press spectacle just awe-inspiring enough to make any avid watcher of the Discovery Channel...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Editorial Notebook: When Mammoths Fly | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

DIED. HELEN ABERSON MAYER, 91, creator of the children's classic Dumbo, the Flying Elephant; in New York City. Disney adapted her story for its 1941 film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 19, 1999 | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...steadily rising market, however, can make a hedge-fund manager look more like Dumbo. In the past two years rich investors would have done better putting their money into indexed mutual funds, just like ordinary folk. That's to be expected, says George Van, a hedge-fund adviser. Hedge funds, after all, are designed to protect against bad times, which means forgoing some riches during good times. Van's research shows that in the six quarters since 1988 when the market has gone down, mutual-fund investors have lost an average of 24%, while hedge-fund clients have made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEDGE FUNDS--OR, HOW THE RICH GET RICHER | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

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