Word: bangkok
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Young Guys." Dropping vacation plans in Bangkok, Graham called in reporters, announced a plan to give five willing and able local enterprisers "the same chance I had when I was young." He wanted "a few young guys with good ideas and initiative who believe in private enterprise." Terms: a $5,000 Graham loan to get started, profits to be shared 50-50 until the borrower could buy out Graham by returning the original loan. Said Graham: "This is business, not charity...
...Half Brothers. But when the French returned for their short and unhappy postwar role, they chased Prince Phetsarath into luxurious exile in Bangkok, restored King Sisavang Vong to the throne, complete with white umbrella. Another nephew. Prince Souvanna Phouma, later took over as Premier, has since been doing his best to set up a stable, non-Communist government. His task has been difficult, first because everything is difficult in Laos, second because the country's Communist-led Pathet Lao forces (which occupy two northeastern provinces) are bossed by his own half brother Prince Souphanouvong...
While Americans were wondering just what to make of the anti-U.S. riots on Formosa last week, the press elsewhere around the world offered instant X rays by the dozen. From the propaganda potshots of Peking and Moscow to the emotional outbursts of Manila and Bangkok, few verdicts were favorable to the U.S. The most damaging to U.S. internationalism were the well-meant missiles of friends and allies that homed in on the very self-doubts that the violence had triggered in the U.S. press...
...charged with manslaughter, Hokkaido Shimbun said that the riots were "primarily attributable to American racial prejudice and superiority complex." The usually pro-American Mainichi Shimbun exulted: "The incident proves an old saying: 'Even a worm one inch long is one-half inch of spirit.'" In Bangkok the middle-of-the-road daily Satirapharp cautioned: "The incident on Formosa has taught us that we must not let too many Americans come to our country...
...distinguished-looking man," though they never got his name. The father offered the two men $10,000 apiece, which they both said they refused, but they did accept $800 gold wristwatches appropriately engraved in Chinese: ". . . You will be remembered forever." Then Bush went on to Tokyo, Sullivan back to Bangkok...