Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...since their man, General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, had been ousted as nominal chief of state. Although they had little cause for complaint under Buddhist Khanh's rule, the monks now claimed that too many of Diem's old followers remained in the government. Busily stirring up ancient hatreds between the two faiths was Thich Tri Quang, the monk who enjoyed refuge in the United States embassy last year-an ambitious, probably neutralist and possibly pro-Communist intriguer...
BELGIAN VILLAGE advertised itself for months as being "worth waiting for." Open at last, it has proved something of a disappointment, since its charming, smaller-than-life evocation of an ancient Flemish town is still not complete. It may be worth waiting for a while longer...
...coins-might be worth. Still undivided is an estimated $500,000 in artifacts, such as gold and silver belt buckles, brooches and tie clasps, whose value has not yet been determined. According to the Internal Revenue Service, any find of gold or silver is taxable under personal income. By ancient law, it is considered "treasure-trove," and the finder is taxed to the extent of its current value...
Parachutists get a boot out of telling the story about the plane with seven people in the cabin - one terrified chutist and six bruisers to push him out. But all that is ancient history these days. With better chutes and techniques, so many people are hurling themselves out of airplanes for the fun of it that Geronimo has gone back to the Indians, and the birds are taking collision insurance. Last week at Leutkirch, West Germany, 175 of the best jumpers from 31 countries turned up for the seventh biennial world parachuting champion ships. When they had finished leaping into...
...Progress. The U.N. group has some fairly obvious suggestions for narrowing the gaps: abandonment of ancient farming methods, more use of fertilizer, more irrigation. As for industrialization, it said, "what is needed is entrepreneurship, research, and skilled and disciplined labor." In varying degrees, this has been achieved in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia, which the U.N. economists held up as luminous examples for others to follow. Said the report, in a boost for free enterprise: "The significant fact is that industrial growth has taken place without protective measures or other devices that have now come to be accepted by many...