Word: burma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lick kans, found a way by cutting its roots a foot or so beneath the surface. At the time, India had no tools tough enough for such a job. Then came World War II and with it an army of snorting U.S. tractors to build the Burma Road. When the war was over, Sethi persuaded his government to buy 200 of the tractors, teamed up with a U.S. engineer to found the Central Tractor Organization...
...Burma's future seemed sure to continue essentially burmocratic...
...Meaning master. The term, like sahib in India, was once generally used to describe Burma's British overlords. When the British left, almost every self-respecting Burman promptly assumed the title for himself...
...rhinoceros has no political significance. It was chosen as an identifying symbol because rhinoceroses are rare in Burma and hence presumably hard to duplicate. That, anyway, is how the Burmans reckon...
...Burma. 3. Formosa...