Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speech given in Lowell Lecture Hall, will be Lee's only major public address during his present two-month sabbatical at Harvard. He analyzed the problems South Asia has encountered as it has emerged from colonialism...
...have to forgo an important part of their U.S. nuclear umbrella-and take on a larger share of Far East defense. For its part, the U.S. is unwilling to set a date for handing back Okinawa until the Japanese resolve that question, or until prospects improve for peace in Asia...
...place of Rome came to be recognized by other churches-not as having any monarchical jurisdiction but as a symbol of Christian unity and court of appeals in doctrinal disputes. Even so, the epoch-making decisions on heresy that beset the early church were resolved by general councils in Asia Minor; the bishop of Rome usually ratified their decisions but otherwise had little to do with their formulation...
...insurance and warehousing center, Singapore last year moved ahead of London into fourth place among the world's ports. Its gross national product rose by 11% to an estimated $1 billion, making the tiny republic (pop. 2,000,000) the third richest on a per capita basis in Asia, after Japan and Hong Kong. Recently, Singapore applied for full currency convertibility under the rules of the International Monetary Fund. That means that its dollar is healthy enough to be freely exchangeable with other currencies, and that Lee is succeeding in his program for survival by building what he calls...
Singapore's answer to such problems has been a massive effort to convert it self from Asia's largest warehouse to Southeast Asia's largest workshop. To attract industry, the government has channeled millions over the past three years into expanding power and water supplies, building roads and clearing factory sites. School graduates who would have followed family tradition by going into clerking or shopkeeping are being urged to train as technicians and engineers. To preserve responsible wage scales, the government this year passed laws trimming certain fringe benefits and reducing the unions' voice in management...