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They’re not coming down from the ivory tower like the doctors.

Nigeria's porous borders, widespread corruption and weak enforcement have made it a key transit hub for ivory, pangolin scales and other wildlife products.

From BBC

The mammoth ivory boomerang was unearthed in Oblazowa Cave in southern Poland.

From BBC

This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.

From Salon

Is “Homework” about a child who took a remarkably frictionless path, aided by a nation that had invested in civic institutions, from monetary hardship to the ivory tower?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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