Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he took office almost three years ago, Brazil's plucky, pragmatic President Humberto Castello Branco came out against Communism, corruption and economic instability, and man aged to score some impressive successes (see WORLD BUSINESS). The way he did it angered many of his countrymen...
...took office last week, Kurt Kiesinger was aware of the dimensions of his?and his countrymen's?dilemma. One-third of all Germans were born after the war, but the war lives on as a heavy weight on their plans for the future. "We are burdened with an enormous crisis of self-confidence," said Kiesinger. "We simply cannot and must not forget the terrible things that happened in our history; yet this memory must not paralyze our energies. A healthy Germany is important not only to us but to the world around us as well. We cannot take leave...
Coups have become the rule rather than the exception in populous Nigeria, which is divided into four rival regions and torn by tribal competition. In 1966 alone, two rulers have been murdered, along with countless of their countrymen, in bloody riots and slaughters. When Army Boss Yakubu Gowon, 31, seized power in July in the last coup, he promised that his military government would quickly "fade away," presumably without the necessity of another coup. Last week Gowon announced that he had changed his mind, at least for now, and that he personally would draft a new constitution for Nigeria...
...Zealand's national elections, Viet Nam was also the No. 1 issue, though 'Prime Minister Keith J. Holyoake has thus far committed only a battery of 150 men. His opposition insists that that is 150 too many, but Holyoake took to the stump to warn his countrymen: "The whole of New Zealand would hang its head in shame if we withdrew our troops." Unashamedly, New Zealand's 1,200,000 voters gave Holyoake's liberal, socialist-minded National Party a majority of 44 seats in the country's 80-seat Parliament-a loss of only...
...sure, Bao Dai is not typical. A large percentage of the Vietnamese came to France in 1940 to work on farms or in factories. Some 5,000 are students (64 from North Viet Nam). In general, the expatriates are taller, heavier and have better teeth than their countrymen back home. Part of what a Catholic priest has described as "an unprecedented brain drain from an underdeveloped country" is an estimated 1,200 lawyers, 600 doctors (more than in all Viet Nam) and 300 engineers. High-ranking exiles include Three-Star General Nguyen Van Hinh, the army chief of staff...