Word: pachyderms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fortnight ago the Constitution claimed victory: it reached its quota first. But last week the Journal won out after all: it acquired the Constitution lock, stock & pachyderm, and merged the papers...
Meantime, in far-off Vienna, a flesh & blood pachyderm met a sensational end. For years the principal attraction of the Charlie Rebernigg Circus on the square behind Vienna's baroque Ehrlskirche had been a tough, smart, amiable elephant named Bubi. His broad, hospitable back was a favorite riding place for scores of Viennese tots. His sauntering shuffle was a familiar sight on the city's streets. Last fortnight, Bubi became suddenly irritable and turned on his trainer. All Vienna said that that was what came of keeping a male elephant virginal for 28 years. When Bubi was shot...