Word: asia
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...Asia...
Asian Hitler. It is an article of faith in Pakistan that India's ultimate goal is to conquer the subcontinent by force. As Pakistan's U.N. ambassador emotionally put it last week, "What Hitler and the Nazis did in Europe, India has taken it upon herself to do in Asia...
...dollars in military aid and $3.5 billion in economic aid?about $50 per person. Relations reached their peak in 1961, when Ayub Khan rode a wave of popularity through the U.S. Speaking before a joint session of Congress, he said: "The only people who will stand by you in Asia are the people of Pakistan ? provided you are prepared to stand by them." He boated up the Potomac to Mount Vernon with the Kennedys, flew to Lyndon Johnson's Texas ranch to write his name in fresh Friendship Walk cement. Vice President Johnson had met Ayub in Pakistan earlier...
...INTRODUCTION TO ASIA fay Jean Herbert. 410 pages. Oxford...
...Asia is the elephant of continents, and Western visitors are like the blind men of the legend: each finds a different Asia and thinks it is the only one. Recent visitors, of course, have experienced an elephant on the rampage; their reports are exciting but often lack depth. To restore perspective is the purpose of this treatise by Dr. Jean Herbert, a professor of Oriental studies at the University of Geneva. The author's learning is formidable and his style a pleasure, but even after 40 years of study, he cannot quite manage to see the elephant whole...