Word: balik
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Never an isolationist, we have been worried for some time about the hazards of converting Mr. Average Citizen into a Citizen Of The World. We have felt all along that the mind of Brooklyn or the spirit of Nebraska could not hover above the oil-fields of Balik Papan or the Pripet marshes without taking punishment, that our local American heritage could not be stretched all over the globe without coming apart at the seams...
From Penang, Isthmian's Ensley City was headed for seething and steaming Dutch East Indies ports. The Puerto Rican, out of Balik Papan, was homeward bound, her crew hopeful of reaching Boston...
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