Word: batavian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Soekarno (Sjahrir had one of his frequent colds) haggled out an agreement. The issue finally boiled down to a sentence in Article 2 which referred to Indonesia as a "free democratic state." Soekarno's Economics Minister, 38-year-old A. K. Gani (who once acted in a Batavian-made movie True Love), objected: "That word 'free' is not enough. It should be 'sovereign.' " Van Mook turned to Soekarno: "Will you accept the agreement if it is changed to sovereign?" Almost before he knew it, Soekarno said yes, and the agreement was signed...
Arriving in Cambridge at 10 o'clock, the guests will split up to attend morning classes. The two Russians will go to History 55b, given by Michael Karpovich, associate professor of History, while the Englishman and the Batavian will go to Economics 81. The Chinese student will visit Radcliffe during these two hours. For the second class period the Batavian and the Englishman will visit Government 4, while the Russians attend an Economics A class where the subject for discussion will be "The Exposition of the Classical Theory of Free Enterprise...
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