Word: chamcar
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...only institution seemingly left undamaged by the Khmer Rouge is the Antiquities Museum, with its collection of precious artifacts, the Chamcar Mon Palace, which Heng Samrin uses as headquarters, and the graceful Samarki (Solidarity) Hotel, formerly the Phnom, temporary home of teams from CARE, OXFAM and UNESCO. The unused swimming pool is filled with dirty water, prompting speculation that it has not been changed since the days of Lon Nol. It was never changed then either. The hotel bar, the only one functioning in town, can occasionally come up with a bottle of "33" beer imported from Viet...
Eight shells fell within the grounds of President Lon Nol's Chamcar Mon Palace, damaging shacks of the palace guard and killing eight. Other rounds came dangerously close to the U.S. embassy. Most of the shells impacted in a densely populated refugee area. Fanned by gusting winds, flames raced through flimsy wood-and-straw huts in a fire storm so intense that a huge pall of smoke almost blotted out Phnom-Penh's bright afternoon sun. The attack took a heavy toll: at least 140 dead, 200 wounded, more than 1,000 homes destroyed and 10,000 people...
...declared that he had no intention of kowtowing to Peking because "the more you lick China's boots, the more she scorns you." Undeterred by his host's verbiage, Bowles arrived on schedule, spent two long sessions with the unpredictable prince amid the tropical splendor of his Chamcar Mon Palace in Pnompenh...
Khemarin Palace, formerly the home of Cambodian sovereigns and now a residence for state guests, was put at her disposal, and the ruler's son-in-law, Prince Monirak, was assigned as her aide. A gala dinner in Chamcar Mon Palace on the Mekong River was followed by a performance of the royal ballet. With white frangipani blossoms in her hair, Princess Bopha Devi, Sihanouk's stunningly beautiful daughter and star of the ballet, led ten dancers in a re-enactment of Cambodian legends, and the Prince, enchanted by his guest, bubbled with jeu d'esprit. Jackie...
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