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Word: elephantitis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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THE ELEPHANT MAN Directed by David Lynch Screenplay by Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren, and David Lynch

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sweet Ogre | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

So wrote the physician Sir Frederick Treves of John Merrick, the Elephant Man, who died at 27 in 1890, one of the most famous men in his country. With its peculiar mixture of propriety and prurience, Victorian England doted on real-life stories as fantastic as anything in the writings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sweet Ogre | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

A legend on the film's end credits states that it is "based upon the true life story of John Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, and not upon the Broadway play of the same title or any other fictional account." Bernard Pomerance's play dealt as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sweet Ogre | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

At the end of the fair, when they counted the receipts and examined the prospects for profits, the Chinese noticed that one line of batteries hadn't sold too well. The "Swan" line had gone over fine but the type embossed with palm trees and the brand name "White Elephant...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: From Party Chairman to Board Chairman | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

At the end of the fair, when they counted the receipts and examined the prospects for profits, the Chinese noticed that one line of batteries hadn't sold too well. The "Swan" line had gone over fine but the type embossed with palm trees and the brand name "White Elephant...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: From Party Chairman to Board Chairman | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

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