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Word: elephantic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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High point on the day's card was the slugging match between Shelly Ware of Eliot and Chris Landry of Leverett. It was Ware who scored the only knockdown of the afternoon when he threw his stocky opponent with what looked like a flying mare. Although Landry failed to capitalize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rabbits Pound Elephants for 4-1 Decision in House Boxing | 2/17/1938 | See Source »

Although he did not give concrete evidence of what he regarded to be the major issue--the growth of federal domination instead of leadership--he paved the way for a new departure which the Republicans would do well to adopt. If the elephant boys can destroy the impression that they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELEPHANT BOY | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

Clackety-clack, clackety-clack! The train was moaning down the line now, headed for New London. They fairly sailed past the little old abandoned way-stations on the line, streaking into Connecticut and full view of the Sound. The water looked lovely today, all blue, with silver around the edges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/4/1938 | See Source »

Newspapers-Twenty-three daily papers folded last year and the 2,084 remaining squeezed by with a 2% gain over 1936. However, the $595,000,000 spent for newspaper advertising is still the elephant's helping of the $928,000,000 rough total (excluding weekly newspapers) of tallied advertising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Time & Space | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

After 18 months of shellfire, nervous shock, cold, and no peanuts at all, Pancho the elephant, largest and most inedible survivor of Madrid's El Retire Park Zoo, last week closed his little eyes and died of malnutrition. Next day the Leftist Govern-ment in Barcelona made a move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Death of Pancho | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

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