Word: bhumibol
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Brahms, Bizet and Bhumibol-two compositions by the Massachusetts-born King entitled Falling Rain and Magic Beams...
...Johnson, the 20-hour-a-day grind of sightseeing and ceremony, of conferences with Presidentstand Premiers, audiences with a semidivine king (Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej) and a politician-prince (Malaysia's Tunku Abdul Rahman) had been "the hardest work of my life." And other self-set labors awaited him back home. After one day's rest in the capital, the President was scheduled to hit the road again for a whirlwind windup to the 1966 election campaign...
...Thailand's royal couple. Bhumibol broke tradition by delivering a long political toast to the President, warning against any compromise in Viet Nam that might compromise his kingdom's independence and security. "To us, peace can have only one meaning," he said. "It must be peace with honor and freedom." Replied Johnson: "America keeps its commitments." Sirikit, seated next to Bhumibol in front of a motherof-pearl throne with a nine-tiered canopy (symbolizing her husband's place as the ninth King in the Chakri line), glowed in a champagne-colored gown, despite a lingering cold...
...allowed to erect a giant antenna for the President's worldwide communications; normally, the Thais are reluctant to permit structures to soar higher than their ubiquitous Buddhist temples. When Johnson choppered into the Royal Plaza near Chitra-lada Palace for his audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the lovely Queen Sirikit, he was allowed to wear a business suit instead of the traditional cutaway...
...shorts in an open, thatched-roof classroom, learning to read and count from a border policeman whose platoon had supplied the class uniforms and haircuts. On the wall behind the teacher were three objects that symbolized the new presence: a Thai flag, a picture of Thailand's King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit and a picture of the Lord Buddha. The police had even directed the building of a network of bamboo pipes to carry fresh water into every household in the village...