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Word: elephantitis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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It might have been a scene from one of Africa's guerrilla wars: four men wearing green fatigues and packing FN assault rifles fanned out across a wooded ridge. The bush crackled under a punishing afternoon sun as the government patrol scoured the hillside for enemy tracks. Then they heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A War to Save the Black Rhino | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

What if the Zambezi Valley proves to be the rhino's Little Big Horn? Conservationists fear that more is at stake than the possible extinction of a fascinating relic of animal antiquity. "The rhino is a symbol of all endangered wildlife," says Chief Warden Tatham. "If we lose the rhino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A War to Save the Black Rhino | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

On a Communist takeover in his country. The day will come when, thanks to the Sandinistas, it will be easier to find a giraffe, a hippopotamus or an elephant here than a member of the Costa Rican Communist Party.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Have to Be Realistic | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

Julliard actors are rarely unemployed. From their school they make inumerable contacts, an invaluable aspect of any successful actor's life. Agents and casting directors come to the school every year in search of new talent, and McCrady definitely seems like the talent they will find. A tall, lanky man...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: ...And It Pays Badly, Too | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

"Forty people dealing with Harvard is likemoving an elephant; there is not much leverage,"said Bill Donaldson, the union's treasurer.

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Telegram Highlights Dinner | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

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