Word: channeling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Indians, Chinese, Frenchmen and Khmers, but the craggy, mountainous state has survived with its ethnic unity just about intact. More than two-thirds of Its people are Laotians and related Thais. Its language is still its own native Thai. Its religion is still Buddhism. Even the French prefer to channel their rule through Laotian kings, and they have established their own purely administrative capital at Vientiane 130 miles from Luang Prabang. Since 1904 the French have ruled through one venerable monarch, King Sisavang Vong, now old (68) and gouty, but no easy man to scare. When the Communists threatened Luang...
...real contribution to peaceful coexistence," he said, and from the House cheers rose. He complained pointedly that the "absence of normal diplomatic relations between a number of countries [was] quite unique in my experience, and I devoutly trust will never be repeated. Someone [at Geneva] had to provide a channel of communication, even at the risk of being called a 'Municheer...
Since that time, Overseers are still suspicious and some are still vigilant. But the Overseers, unlike the Corporation, have not merely lent their authority; the Board's powers have slipped away over the years until it is now a channel through which the Corporation and Administration can estimate the alumni attitudes...
Tensely, the assembled Allied command looked to Ike for decision. In such weather, airborne and amphibious landings could be disastrous; the storm, resuming, might isolate the leading elements cross-Channel. On the other hand, a fortnight of delay would demoralize 2,000,000 pent-up troops, tangle intricate plans, and perhaps tip off the Germans. The conference lapsed into silence while Ike briefly pondered the dangers. Then he looked up, his face brightening. "Well," he said...
Staff Officer. Ely waited eleven years for his promotion to captain. In World War II, stayed on with the Vichy government after the 1940 surrender, but later joined the Resistance. Served as liaison officer between the French National London, crossing the channel on numerous occasions with information on German military movements; he landed on the Normandy beaches a few weeks before D-day and later joined the Allied army as a Maquis colonel. Won a second Croix de guerre, with two more citations for bravery, and suffered a third wound that cost him the use of his right...