Word: elephantitis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shepard, observing the slowness of change, says pressuring institutions and the government is "like leaning on an elephant." The recognition of this, he says, allowed him the opportunity to "keep my basic values and live my own life at the same time." Others in his class say the same thing...
Meanwhile, the man most wanted by Colombian authorities is Pablo Escobar, 34, a prime suspect in the Lara killing. Escobar is believed to have united the 15 or so families that control the bulk of Colombia's drug industry into a consortium. This organization, known as the Medellin Mafia...
In Singapore, government agents recently raided a farmhouse and seized 200 exotic birds, among them grand eclectus parrots, a Melanesian rarity in great demand by collectors. The entire collection of exotic specimens, worth $124,000, was being smuggled from Indonesia to Australia, the U.S. and Europe. In the U.S., a...
On her 50th birthday, Shirley MacLaine was in New York City, and she attended festivities all day long. Her publisher, Bantam Books, celebrated the climb of Out on a Limb to the top spot on the New York Times paperback-bestsellers list. At the 1,992-seat Gershwin Theater, where...
A vote for Mondale or Hart, Jackson tells voters, means "getting off a Republican elephant and onto a Democratic donkey going in the same direction, just a little slower. We need a new direction. It is better to lose an election going in the right direction than win going in...