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The warriors, their oiled bodies gleaming, danced and chanted, "Yao, yao, we abide, we abide, what was foretold has come to pass." Bells, gongs, metal castanets and deep-throated fontomfroms took up the refrain, then fell to a deep hush as the palace gates swung open. Walking majestically, the new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana: Golden Enstoolment | 8/10/1970 | See Source »

Cathy the snake charmer, Emmet the elephant-skinned boy and Percilla the monkey girl were all amazed that he was still swinging up there−however erratically. "Normally flyers can't take it more than once a day because their hands get sore," said John Pugh, general manager of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 1, 1970 | 6/1/1970 | See Source »

20. There were the Parakeets, the Monkees, the Crazy Elephant. There was another group of this name-type which sang "I Ran All the Way Home (Just to Say I Love You)." What was the group's name?

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: This Is the Last Oldies Quiz of the Year | 5/22/1970 | See Source »

Elephant Bird. Responding to the U.S. challenge, the Daily Mail arranged for Cricketer Freddie Trueman to bowl eggs before the thrilled pupils at Carr Mill. With stumps set up for added authenticity, Trueman sent one egg after another whizzing down the cricket pitch at 90 m.p.h. Remarkably, only a few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: An Eggalitarian Education | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

Egged on by all the activity, one Carr Mill lad has compiled a list of 60 puns containing the word egg (eggsperiment, eggshausted, eggcetera). Others are learning egg statistics (record number of eggs eaten at one sitting: 47) and making a large model of the egg of the extinct elephant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: An Eggalitarian Education | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

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