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A fleet of C-475 wheeled west from Hanoi one day last week, carrying more than 1,000 paratroopers (including some Vietnamese) to Dienbienphu. They made a neat drop and took the enemy, about 800 strong, wholly by surprise. After a series of sharp fire fights in the tall elephant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Seize & Hold | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

Dr. Heidelberger suggested, during a recent trip to India, using the elephant as a mass producer of serum fractions. To transform the elephant into a mobile factory of anti-antibodies for diagnostic tests seems a simple trick to the ingenious Dr. Heidelberger-for recreation, he once rearranged a Brahms trio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Weighing a Complement | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

From New Delhi, TIME Correspond ent Joe David Brown recently wrote me about his experiences covering the news of India. "One time I should look back on. I suppose," wrote Brown, "is the week I spent in the wilds of Bihar while doing the research for the cover story on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 26, 1953 | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

¶ The Screen Extras Guild listed some new demands at contract negotiations: riding a camel or elephant-$55 daily; leading a camel or elephant-$37.50; wearing body makeup, oil, or hair goods-$7.50 extra daily.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Rich, Full Life | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Of course the boys wanted either the elephant or the horse back, so they went to see spokesman for the horse traders. All he said was, "We never thought about it, because we never considered this a horse trade in the first place." The boys sadly agreed because they all...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Horse Trading | 10/2/1953 | See Source »

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