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To Washington last week went the chief executives of 45 states,* for Eisenhower Administration briefings on domestic and foreign affairs. Invited to the conference by the President, the governors-25 Democrats, 20 Republicans-studiously considered state, national and international problems. But their attention kept wandering to a subject that weighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Two by Two | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

Not only birds, but burros, rabbits, and ducks appear and disappear with Blackstone's aid. He has had to abandon, however, the most astounding of his stunts, the vanishing elephant. The beast was too big for road trips. A horse proved more mobile. With Blackstone in the saddle, the horse...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Now You See It. . . | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

Some bus companies want special lanes on city streets; others are smugly sitting back on their deficits, confident that city governments will ultimately subsidize or buy them out. But no city wants to take over a white elephant; most municipalities are already hard-pressed to make ends meet. National City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: METROPOLITAN TRANSIT--: Horsecar Management in Expressway Age | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

The Eliot House hockey team edged Yale's Davenport College, 4 to 3, for the intercollege title yesterday afternoon in the Watson Rink. Bob Kennard led the Elephant scoring with two goals.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Tops Davenport In H-Y Hockey Match | 3/26/1955 | See Source »

Stevenson told the CRIMSON from Chicago that he can understand why Galbraith "is so highly esteemed by scholars if not by certain politicians, especially the type that seem to think elephant phant tusks are made of piano keys."

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Ex-Governor Stevenson Gives Galbraith Support | 3/24/1955 | See Source »

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