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THE VIZIER'S ELEPHANT (247 pp.)-Ivo Andric-Harcourt, Brace & World ($4.75).
Few regions in the world have known so little freedom as Bosnia, now part of Yugoslavia. For centuries it was brutally governed by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. When the Turks were driven out toward the end of the last century, the Austrians moved in for 40 years. The...
In his earlier novels, Andric attacked tyranny by parable, in his later, by character portrayal. In The Vizier's Elephant, the earliest of the four novels, tyranny is symbolized by a rambunctious elephant, the pet of a ruthless Turkish vizier of a Bosnian town. The vizier is seldom seen...
From a near-stage balcony box, Jackie seemed to enjoy scenes stolen from her own life: Nanette Fabray portraying a globetrotting First Lady now riding an elephant, now watching a cobra fight a mongoose. Back in the theater's nooks and crannies, men guarding the presidential box laughed aloud...
Washington's Episcopal-run Beauvoir El ementary School incorporates a dose of natural theology in its kindergarten prayer : Great grey elephant, little yellow bee; Tiny purple violet, big tall tree; Red and white sailboat on a blue sea.