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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Popeye and Olive Oyl masks carried the highest price tags, closely followed by the $36 female gorilla's chest...

Author: By Adam Schwartz, | Title: Best Day of the Year For Porter Square Store | 11/1/1985 | See Source »

MYOPIC MODERN HERO; Einstein on the beach without a paradigm; Steven Jay Gould gone off the deep end in search of the gecko and the albino gorilla--the name of this man is Mr. Palomar...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: Looking for Mr. Palomar | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...Palomar takes us to the zoo in wandering pursuit of order. There, instead of a great white whale at the end of his epic, he stumbles on the world's only albino gorilla, Copito de Nieve, holding an old rubber tire to his chest...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: Looking for Mr. Palomar | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, started by his five uncles in 1884; of a stroke; in Brussels. North took over the debt-spangled show after the death of his last uncle, John Ringling, and modernized it with such attractions as Gargantua the Great, the "vehemently vicious" 550-lb. gorilla that drew more than 40 million circusgoers. In 1956, North folded the big top and reincarnated the show for new arenas of the air-conditioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 17, 1985 | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

...crocodiles." Jones has had five wives, all of whom he married when they were between the ages of 16 and 20. He lives with his current spouse Terri, 23, on his 600-acre Jumbo Lair spread near Ocala, Fla., which is also home to 90 elephants, three rhinos, a gorilla, 150 snakes, 300 alligators and 400 crocodiles. The animals come in handy for Jones' research projects, which he and his staff conduct with no particular goal. "If I knew what I was going to discover, I wouldn't do it," huffs Jones. "Very little in life happens according to plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muscle Man: Nautilus is pumping profits | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

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