Word: asia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perkins said the rapid economic growth seen in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East indicates the world's economy will be eight times as large...
...Arnold Arboretum had not sent an expedition to the Orient since 1918 although it had previously been a leader in botanical explorations in temperate Asia...
...secrecy. Foreign and Filipino experts are convinced that-as one puts it-"the key ingredient was the entry of Disini." Marcos strongly denies this, but there seems to be considerable respect in Manila for Disini's role in influencing some presidential decisions. Jesus J. Vergara, president of Asia Industries Inc., another Disini-owned firm retained by Westinghouse, has boasted: "We leave it to Hermie [Disini] to play golf [with Marcos]. That's his job." According to some accounts in Manila, Disini bragged that Herdis and Asia Industries will bring him a 7% fee on the $616 million that...
Last week the Soviet Union and China, which fear each other's drive for ascendancy in Southeast Asia, refrained from taking sides publicly. Using a familiar technique, however, the Soviet press extensively quoted foreign reports favorable to Hanoi or damaging to Phnom-Penh -and by extension, to Peking. The Chinese, more restrained, declared only that they hoped the situation could be resolved by negotiation. Unhappy over their inability to contain Cambodian intransigence and intent on preserving their tenuous relationship with Hanoi, Chinese leaders evenhandedly publicized reports from both sides in the conflict...
...luster typify charity, its translucence signifies sincerity, its sturdiness bespeaks courage, and it mirrors intelligence and wisdom. For centuries, the Chinese cherished jade; Emperors decreed their exclusive right to it. Now others have caught the fever: travelers, especially the Japanese and Americans, scour the jade markets in Hong Kong, Asia's jade capital, for items ranging from simple stones or carvings that sell for $20 to exquisite rings that can cost $120,000. Hong Kong's jade traffic increased sharply in 1977, with sales reaching into hundreds of millions of dollars...