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Word: apopo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...cooler south. Life, too, tends to be placid for New Zealand's 2,590,000 inhabitants. Cradled in the arms of a welfare state, they have practically no unemployment, easily buy houses on government loans and are cared for with "womb-to-tomb" government benefits. The Maori word apopo, the equivalent of Latin America's mañana, symbolizes the New Zealander's belief that much, and perhaps all, can best be left till tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Zealand: Sooner than Apopo | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

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