Word: burma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Burma...
Crocodiles Are In. Color can be an Oriental problem: purple is a noble shade in Japan but represents death in Burma; and on Formosa, despite the political connotations, red is considered a lucky color, and advertisements abound in crimson. Africans, along with admiration for anything "new from America," have extremely literal reactions. Gillette is a heavy seller because it uses wrappers that depict a razor blade slicing a crocodile in half to emphasize sharpness. But literal-mindedness can be a problem. After her first glimpse of television, one native woman asked: "When all the good men have killed...
...Communist grouping. Indonesia is no more unstable than before. India, brought face-to-face with reality by Red China's 1962 assault, is rebuilding its army with the help of Russia, Britain and the U.S. Even the non-Communist states in trouble-South Korea, South Viet Nam and Burma-are in little danger of a Communist takeover...
...Ceylon and, of all places, New Zealand. North Viet Nam's wispy leader, Ho Chi Minh, is ambiguous about his loyalties, but must reflect that Red China is next door while Russia is far away. Indonesia's Red chief, D. N. Aidit, walks a zigzag line, and Burma, typically, has two Communist factions-one for Mao, one for Khrushchev...
...that China had agreed to aid Pakistan against possible Indian attack. Last week Pakistan and Communist China signed an airline agreement that could make Pakistan a new and important Chinese outlet to the West-and Peking's only air link with the outside world other than Russia and Burma...