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Who else but Disney would try to convince America that a twoton elephant could be air-dropped from a military cargo plane into a remote Vietnamese mountain village? This latest creation from the Magic Kingdom could be easily passed over by the avid moviegoer--if only it weren't a...

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Operation Dumbo Drop: Two Tons of Weak Humor | 8/1/1995 | See Source »

Glover, as a U.S. green beret commander, squares off against up-and-coming green beret leader Ray Liotta. The two disagree over how to handle relations with a mountain village on the edge of the Ho Chi Minh trail, and while they are off on a scouting mission, a group...

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Operation Dumbo Drop: Two Tons of Weak Humor | 8/1/1995 | See Source »

The village is horrified by the killing because not only is their elephant their only farm labor source, but he is held sacred by village tradition. And it is up to Liotta and Glover to get them a new one.

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Operation Dumbo Drop: Two Tons of Weak Humor | 8/1/1995 | See Source »

P.T. Barnum is known to many as the founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus, or perhaps as the man behind tiny General Tom Thumb and Jumbo the Elephant (whose charred remains and untarnished tail can still be found at Tufts). Barnum was indeed a legend in his time with his...

Author: By Kathrine A. Meyers, | Title: HARVARD'S LITTLE MERMAID: A MODERN-DAY ODYSSEY | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

From between the heavy draperies of House majority whip Tom DeLay's first-floor Capitol office, a bizarre scene could be glimpsed outside. In the normally quiet, heavily guarded parking lot, 13 elephants from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus were parading trunk-in-tail across the East Plaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAX CUTS AND CIRCUSES | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

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