Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...play itself was sharply criti- cized. (One scene in the play shows a "typical" democratic election candidate stuffing a ballot box.) Sherman Adams, Driberg reports said it might do serious damage to the cause of democracy in Asia. Ambassadors cabled protests, and John Foster Dulles notified embassies that MRA had no official standing. Vice-President Nixon tried to get the tour stopped...
...stayed on to marry an oil-company official and crisscross the land until 1927, when she settled down in the U.S. to spin her impressions into novels, first Oil for the Lamps of China, a 1933 bestseller and 1935 movie, followed by six others (The Innocent Dreamers) centered in Asia and permeated with foreboding of endless strife because of the clash of races and cultures; of cancer; in Oakland, Calif...
...should be extremely chary about committing our military power in Asia, because it is so relatively ineffective and stirs up undercurrents," he said...
Reischauer stated that the United States has ignored the fact that nationalism stands as the chief barrier to a Communist takeover of Asia. He argued that, instead of working against Asian nationalism, the U.S. should foster it by offering greater economic and technical...
...hopes for an industrialized future. Built with Chinese aid, equipment and technicians, its 48 large buildings were scattered over nearly three square miles. It employed 200 engineers, 2,000 technicians, and some 12,000 workers on three shifts. Destined to be the most modern metalworks in all of Southeast Asia when completed in 1969, Thai Nguyen was already turning out 200,000 tons of cast iron, supplying 80% of North Viet Nam's iron and steel alloy needs. It also had a vital role in Hanoi's war effort, fabricating "instant" bridges, cargo barges and oil drums...