Word: indonesia
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Reagan's decision to bypass the Philippines, along with Indonesia and Thailand, on his trip to Japan and South Korea due to begin Nov. 10 was a clear indication that the Administration would like to keep its distance. The White House cited a "particularly demanding" legislative calendar, but few officials were pretending that congressional concerns were the real reason: though most Filipinos are still pro-American, many of them were opposed to the trip on the grounds that it would show U.S. support for Marcos at a critical time. There was also a personal factor: Nancy Reagan firmly opposed...
...victory made a major change in the political and strategic world picture on the western shore of the Pacific. From Bering Strait to the Gulf of Tonkin Communism was now the major force. The western world merely held sentinel positions in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Indo-China, Malaya and Burma-all three in turmoil-lay beneath the Communist threat...
...Soviets took a hammering from many countries that are not accustomed to speaking harshly to them: Kenya and Indonesia, for example, issued strong condemnations. In other nations, government statements were soft, but public opinion was not. The Indian government confined itself to a mumbled "sorry for the loss of lives" by a foreign ministry spokesman. But editorials in several newspapers assailed the Soviets, and Subramaniam Swamy, deputy parliamentary leader of the opposition Janata party, vainly called on the government to "clearly and categorically denounce the act of barbarism...
...Pacific, causing unusual storms in Hawaii and the worst recorded hurricane in the history of Tahiti. Peruvian officials estimate that overheated ocean waters destroyed about one-half of that nation's normal commercial fishing catch. Winds, waves and storms smashed California beaches last winter, while Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, southern Africa and southern India all suffered from drought. "A year of natural catastrophe," says M. Peter McPherson, director of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, which has provided $60 million in emergency aid to flooded Andean nations...
...value placed upon theoretical expertise at Third World universities can have adverse effects, Zeclchauser results from an experience in. Indonesia that academics at the university tended to teach the most difficult material they knew--often to the bewilderment of the students--because they thought that the most advanced material would advance the country the most. "They tended to emphasize prestige over practicality...