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Word: macao (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Month after month, the refugees straggle into Macao, Portugal's ancient island colony just off the Chinese mainland. Ever since Mao Tse-tung launched his drive to force peasants off their land and into communes two years ago, the trickle has averaged 200 a month. But in recent weeks the slow flow has tripled and quadrupled. Among the recent refugees was one Kou Kong-kit, 20. Kou's story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Flight of Refugees From China | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

Actor & Husband. Flynn set out for England to make his fortune as an actor. On the way, to hear him tell it, he stopped off at every gambling hell, opium den and bawdyhouse from Macao to Marseilles. Late in 1932, he joined the Royal Hong Kong Volunteers to fight the Japanese in Shanghai, deserted when the going got tough. Eventually he got to London alive, landed a job in a provincial repertory group, later a bit part in a British film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: 14,001 Nights | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

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