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...booming economy. But for some time Malaya has cast a wary eye at the spread of Communist influence directly to the south. On the island state of Singapore, Red-lining extremists threaten to topple the local government, and the British-run territories of Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo (see map) are prey to the expansionist aims of Indonesia's left-leaning President Sukarno...
...circle, the fewer of them would be needed. If a communications satellite were placed 22,300 miles above the earth, it would take exactly one day to complete each orbit. Thus it would keep pace with the earth's rotation and stay above the same spot on the map. Advocates of such "synchronous" communications satellites point out that three of them would be enough to cover most of the earth...
...Nicklaus and the rest were be wildered by Troon, Palmer was not. Wearing longjohns, his sore back swabbed with liniment, he fired a first-round 71 that left him tied for third. "I'm leaving putts hanging all over the map." he groaned as he headed for the clubhouse. And if that was the kind of sweet-sour talk old Troon liked to hear, it certainly worked...
...Thais. Cambodia's case: a path leads from Cambodia directly to the shrine of Siva, the god to which the temple was dedicated; in 1930 and 1953, Cambodian officials went to the temple on pilgrimage picnics, establishing a sovereignty of sorts. Furthermore, an old French colonial map puts the temple in Cambodian territory...
...map is wrong, Thailand replied hotly, pointing out that the temple would never even have been found but for the explorations of Thai Prince Sanphasit in 1899. What is more, argued the Thais, the temple faces north; Cambodians have to use the back door, whereas Thai pilgrims use the stairs that rise to the front entrance...