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Word: bui (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...centuries the great Red River has swept its rusty silt into the blue salt water of the Gulf of Tonkin. On the rich soil thus built up have risen the twin bishoprics of Bui Chu (pronounced Booey Choo) and Phat Diem (pronounced Fat Zee-em). In a predominately Buddhist country and against the rising tide of Viet Minh Communism, they have established their predominately separate existence as independent Roman Catholic theocracies ruled by Monsignor Le Huu Tu, Bishop of Phat Diem, and his protege Monsignor Pham Ngoc Chi, Bishop of Bui...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF INDO-CHINA: Arms & the Bishops | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

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