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Almost every city in Europe has its white elephant of a cathedral-decaying stone edifices with more maintenance problems than worshipers in the pews. In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, Roman Catholic Bishop Martinus Jansen has come up with a direct, if drastic, solution for his cathedral problem: he has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: Answer for Elephants | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

Tightfisted Buyers. It wasn't easy. Expansion-minded Sunset was saddled with several white-elephant projects and mountainous debts ($130 million last June). To reduce that burden, Rozet persuaded lenders to stretch out some loans and cancel others in return for undeveloped acreage. Last November he put $50 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Four in a Lifeboat for Three | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

Transferred to the First Naval District Headquarters in Boston-"the elephant's graveyard," as Navy line officers call it-Alexander will be replaced by Captain Joseph E. Snyder Jr., 43, a veteran of Leyte Gulf and Okinawa's Buckner Bay. No other heads are likely to roll, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Navy: Four Stripes in the Graveyard | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

Saddened by much of what he found, Glenn showed the audience the sites of the ancient slave trade and pointed out the tall mango trees "grown from seeds spat out by slaves." He winced visibly at a beggar who had been blinded, deplored disease, illiteracy (80%), and the poached-out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Specials: New Trails | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

Skinned Cadavers. The tusk of the full-grown elephant, which can grow up to six feet long and weigh as much as 50 Ibs., was valued on a par with jade and gold by the early Chinese, who carved it into intricate designs and tiny plaques. Cleveland's finely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Anatomy Lessons & Elephant Tusks | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

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