Word: burma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political party in Burma defines its aims as "burmocracy," i.e., a government strictly Burmese in nature. The term might well be used to describe Burmese politic"? in general. Last week Burma began voting in its first general election since it gained independence three years ago, and the proceedings were strictly Burmese...
...which (the Stalinist White Flag Communists, the Trotskyite Red Flag Communists) are still in armed rebellion against the government. Besides, thousands of Karen tribesmen are waging guerrilla war against government forces. Legal opposition parties run the gamut from the frankly pro-Russian Workers & Peasants Party to the pro-British Burma Union Party, which advocates a return to the Commonwealth. Somewhere between stands Premier Thakin* Nu's Anti-Fascist People's Friendship League, a vaguely socialist group whose declared aim is "stability...
...builder of the wartime Ledo Road, also known as "Pick's Pike," which led from India to the Burma Road...
Business School students speaking will be: Juan U. Maegil, Guatemala; Samuel O. Ojo, Nigeria; Khin M. Lwin, Burma; Jose M. Nakpil, Philippine Islands; Apostolos S. Vassiliadis, Greece; and Satya N. Jayanty, India...
...tent in a Tokyo hospital. At 60, genial "Strat" was in no shape to carry on, would probably have to write finis to a fine military career, which began with his graduation from West Point in 1915, brought him to command of the Army Air Forces in the India-Burma theater during World War II and to his F.E.A.F. post in April 1949. The Pentagon quickly named a new top team in the Far East air command...