Word: makhabovxa
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...general, however, the great ARVN invasion was greeted with yawns in the war-weary capital of Vientiane. On assault day, the North Vietnamese embassy closed its gates at 5 p.m. as usual. When the Buddhist festival of Makhabovxa came up three days later, the entire city of 150,000 shut down-including Vientiane's three newspapers, none of which had yet got around to reporting news of the invasion...
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