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Word: lumpur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deposits. Originally the Malays were extremely virile. The Japanese people are descendants of Malay conquerors. Today the chief function of the impotent Malay Peninsula is to supply 40% of the world's tin. Enhanced is the Sultan of Selangor's glory by the fact that Kuala Lumpur, his Capital, serves as the Capital of the Federated Malay States, but this causes the Sultan to be under the thumb of His Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, K.C.M.G., C.M.G...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELANGOR: Be Carejul! | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

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