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...terrorists who are now seemingly respectable world leaders. Whether these people should be brought to justice or warmly embraced, the label of terrorist should be applied to them. No religion in the world should advocate the killing of innocent people to further religious or political objectives. NEOH CHOO KEONG Alor Star, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 10, 2001 | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...country out of these economic woes. Mahathir may be a bit too blunt and straightforward in conveying his thoughts, but he is right on some points. Think about the economic havoc caused by the financial speculators who are responsible for the suffering of countries like ours. NORIDA ABD RAHMAN Alor Setar, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 12, 1998 | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...anthropological studies have focused on the people of South and Southwest Asia and on the California Indians. She is known especially for The People of Alor (1944), a social-psychological study of primitive life on a small Indonesian island east of Java...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cora Du Bois Retires; Was 'Cliffe Professor | 8/12/1969 | See Source »

Miss du Bois is a social anthropologist. Perhaps her most famous book is The People of Alor, a social-psychological study of an East Indian island. She has done field work in India and gives a graduate seminar in "Problems of Socio-Cultural Change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Du Bois Vacates Zemurray Chair | 11/20/1968 | See Source »

...state, who once zipped around the peninsula in a canary-colored Rolls-Royce, was elder brother of Malaya's Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, son-in-law of Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Malaya's Paramount Ruler; of a heart attack which came while he was playing tennis; in Alor Star, Malaya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

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