Word: bangkok
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eighty-five years ago, Schoolmistress Anna Leonowens (Anna and the King of Siam) went to Bangkok to spread the blessings of "the English language, science and literature" among members of the royal family. It was more than half a century later when young Dr. Niels Eskelund arrived in Siam from Denmark...
...told Karl: "When I entered their quarters with my foot drill and instrument box . . . a whole flock of them immediately came running to greet me [with] a come-hither smile full of promise." Later, when the young dentist scaled the betel off the teeth of a native girl in Bangkok, he unwittingly started a fad for gleaming teeth. He was soon swamped with "shy little Siamese ladies" in search of the smile of beauty and the smile of health, who took up so much of his time that he trebled his price...
National Spirit. In Bangkok, Siam, the director general of the government distillery indignantly scoffed at reports that his product had poisoned several tipplers, explained : "We never allow whiskey to leave our distillery until it has aged at least 28 hours...
...first time in Siamese history, evening dress was required in the cinema. It was a premiere to rival any in Hollywood, and the audience of Bangkok's elite, many of whom arrived in shiny new Dodges and Buicks, were full of expectancy as they settled in their seats to watch the movie version of Anna and the King of Siam...
...Sanuk dee" (very entertaining), was the audience's judgment on the movie, as a movie. The only man in Siam capable of giving an absolute verdict on its accuracy was unable to attend. Just as the movie began, the Bangkok radio took the air to announce that death, after hovering long near his hilltop suburban home, had come at last to scholarly, slim, 84-year-old Prince Naris (pronounced Nar-ritt), 62nd child and last surviving son of the movie's hero, King Mongkut...