Word: elephantitis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After digesting a few dozen such nuggets of certified knowledge, one may feel a tendency to distrust experts of all sorts, and experience a nagging itch to start questioning authority. A reader may even suspect that his opinion is worth just as much as that of any horn-rimmed oracle...
The village landscape is not harmed by giant balloon-like umbilical cords streaming in the treetops and kept buoyant by ulterior fans. They are fascinating. The dormitories and other buildings given over to a "main street" of shops, a moviehouse, a beauty parlor and a disco have been redone in...
Not since he campaigned four years ago had Reagan worked crowds as physically hard as on last week's three-state swing. Under the watchful eye of his Secret Service guards, he mixed with supporters for long stretches in open-air settings, shaking hundreds of hands, kissing babies, signing...
Next it was back to Washington for a state dinner for Sri Lanka's President, Junius Jayawardene (entertainment by Frank Sinatra), and a ceremonial trunk-shake with an 18-month-old baby elephant, a gift from Jayawardene. Reagan was told that the elephant's name was Jayathu, which...
It may have been a bumpy week for Democratic hopefuls, what with squabbles over the party platform and delegate-selection rules, but for the opposition presidential candidate it was all smooth sailing. Ronald Reagan just breezed along, stroking an elephant here, downing a catfish there and most of all relishing...