Word: chulalongkorn
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There is a church in the twins' village, and both Johnny and Luther are Baptists who claim to base their moral guidelines on Christian beliefs. But "when their soldiers died in the struggle against the Burmese, they moved backward to the old gods," says Sunai Phasuk of Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University. Christian teachings combined seamlessly with ancient native messianic traditions to build up belief in the twins' mystical powers...
...election over, President Clinton is once again free to look goofy--at least when visiting the Pacific Rim. From left: going native in Australia; wearing a Philippine barong tagalog, a gift from President Fidel Ramos; sporting Thai academic garb during a ceremony at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University; and back in traditional American costume on an Australian beach...
...powerful, however. Many Thais agree with Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a political-military expert at Chulalongkorn University, that "what we are witnessing is the military's last hurrah. The last few days' violence was its dying gasp." But he adds that he "can't say when, how or at what cost" a civilian-led democracy will prevail. In fact, the death watch on military rule, if it really is that, may well drag on through weeks, months or even years of tension, turmoil, renewed demonstrations and possibly even more bloodshed...
Though Johnson had been briefed on the myriad restrictions surrounding the King, he kept forgetting himself. Several times he strode ahead of Bhumibol while courtiers paled and sucked in their breath. At Chulalongkorn University, where Johnson, wearing a translucent academic gown trimmed with orange and yellow, received a silver-framed honorary Doctor of Political Science degree, the President crossed his legs with one foot pointed at the King; Thai officials felt faint, for the foot is considered the lowliest part of the body...
...royal family, who in revenge for The King and I wrote Lords of Life, an insider's report of Siamese royalty, leaving little doubt that Yul Brynner's resemblance to any King of Siam ended with his shaven head, and incidentally debunking the belief that King Chulalongkorn had 3,000 wives and 370 children (it was 92 wives and 77 children); of cancer; in Tredethy, Cornwall...