Word: elephantic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Two years ago a Democratic wind blew through the Valley of Depression and the House of the Elephant fell. As houses go it was stanch. Only four times in 75 years had it suffered material damage from political storms and each time was presently repaired. But never until the Great...
Small wonder that as Chairman Fletcher surveyed this political scene last week he could see little semblance of a national contest between the Republican and Democatic parties. So far as was visible to the naked eye not one stone had been placed upon another to rebuild the House of the...
The first elephant ever brought to the United States came to the Harvard Commencement exercises in 1796, being exhibited at several cities en route and afterwards to curious audiences all over the country.
These elephantine tales come from Mr. Robert W. G. Vail, librarian of the American Antiquarian Society--formerly headed by President Calvin Coolidge. America's circus history, Mr. Vail says, began in 1720 with the arrival in Boston of a "lyon." Devotees of the "big top" first suffered a setback when...
Yet none of those harried gentlemen join the ranks of the opposition, the Republican Party. Why? The answer lies in the boarded stuffed shirts who ride the elephant. Taking refuge in the Constitution, they have failed to present an effective or intelligent plan of opposition. For instance, Chairman Fletcher has...