Word: ceylonization
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...brew at home; it turned out that the beer was made by a transplanted German brewmaster. German field workers usually stay on foreign projects three years to make sure that operations are running smoothly. One of the most successful projects has been the establishment of technical schools in Ceylon, Thailand and South Viet Nam, which are training 5,000 native students...
...cricket bats, polo sticks and tea, Britain and the European Common Market reached full accord last week. Such essential adjuncts to the British way of life will continue to be imported duty-free from India and Ceylon if Britain joins the Market. Despite such progress, the protracted negotiations for British admission came close to foundering over the pivotal issue of food prices...
Their relations instead have been as cool as Ceylon's breezeswept uplands. Miss Willis, a cordial onetime (1924-27) Vassar assistant professor in political science, believes that the "basis of diplomacy is to be tactful and sincere at the same time." Mrs. Bandaranaike, who confides that Ceylon's fortunes are in the hands of "angels and my late husband," has vigorously assisted the heavenly host by nationalizing Roman Catholic schools, the Bank of Ceylon, transport services, life insurance and the Port of Colombo. Last week the Prime Minister touched off one of the biggest government crises since...
Though the Ceylon government agreed to compensate the companies, it let three months pass without even appointing a tribunal to settle the claim. Finally, Miss Willis last month reminded Ceylon's Finance Minister, who also happens to be Mrs. Bandaranaike's nephew, that the U.S. President is specifically empowered to suspend aid to any country that has seized U.S. property without providing compensation in six months. The Prime Minister's response was to draft a waspish letter to the ambassador, retorting that "the best form of foreign aid the U.S. can give to small countries...
...letter was also leaked to Ceylon's tightly controlled press, though on reflection a government ministry later denied that the letter had ever been written. Tactful and sincere at the same time, Miss Willis last week pointedly said nothing. Mere men agreed that such a display of patience in quick-tempered Ceylon was as rare as a yellow-eared bulbul-or, for that matter, a lady Prime Minister...