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Eliot countered with a score late in the third period, when quarterback Charlie Cabot connected with a 20-yard touchdown serial to end Sumner White, but the attempt for the extra point failed as the Puritan line blocked an Elephant kick.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Defeats Elephants, 7-6; Lowell Squeaks by Dunster, 14-13 | 11/10/1951 | See Source »

Liberal Union members last night said the Young Republicans are "like blind men, unable to agree on the shape of your party's elephant." The H.L.U. made the statement in sharp reply to the H.Y.R.C.'s challenge of last Wednesday.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liberals Call HYRC 'Blind' in Note Reply | 10/19/1951 | See Source »

The essence of Jimmy's character, as drawn by Fowler, is revealed in his visit to Rosie, the elephant who had co-starred with him in Jumbo and then turned melancholy when the show closed. "Rosie! Rosie! It's Nosey!" said Durante. Rosie trumpeted and lay down on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: On the Pedasill | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three Versions | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Like the fabled blind men of Indostan, two Senators and a Representative last week dropped by SHAPE headquarters near Paris for a chat with General Eisenhower, then failed utterly to agree on what they observed. Michigan's Republican Senator Homer Ferguson was convinced that Ike is a Republican: "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three Versions | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

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