Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There is increasing confusion about both our basic purpose and our tactics," the letter added, "and there is increasing fear that the course now being pursued may lead us irrevocably into a major land war in Asia--a war which many feel could not be won without recourse to nuclear weapons, if then...
N.E.T. JOURNAL (shown on Mondays). "The Opium Trail" shows how the narcotic is grown in the interior of Southeast Asia and then moved to Hong Kong for distribution throughout the world...
...rage for new angles, however, has not lessened at all. Throughout free Asia, the demand for plastic surgery now exceeds the supply of plastic surgeons. A Bangkok specialist, who performed more than 1,000 operations in 1965, reports that his business is growing at the rate of 10% a year. In Hong Kong, where the practice is strictly regulated by the British government, there is a booming black market of unlicensed operators, most of whom got their start as beauticians...
...those who can afford it, the In place to go is Tokyo, whose 108 clinics lure an estimated 200,000 women every year. The attraction of Tokyo is easy to understand. Japanese techniques are more advanced than anywhere else in Asia, and Japanese surgeons make it a practice to keep au courant with the latest fashions in faces. Besides, Tokyo offers an advantage that local clinics cannot match: secrecy. Unless her name is Madame Ky, milady can accomplish and recover from all her rearrangements while her friends think she is on a three-week jaunt around Japan...
...scheme for avoiding gift giving altogether. "There's a printer in Hollywood," he reported, "who makes up special cards (100 for $1.98), stating: 'A generous contribution has been made in your name to . . . etc.' You invent your own country or small province in Africa or Asia just to be safe." Even so, Benny admitted that he is sometimes seized by the urge to give a gift. "On such occasions, I try to recall those joyful words uttered by Tiny Tim when he opened his presents on Christmas morning. Fortunately, I've never been able to remember...