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Word: maung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three years, but never to his home town, Rangoon. Between July 25 and 27, however, he plans a small detour en route to a visit to Moscow. He wants to visit his mother, now well past 80, and for the first time, the grave of his only son, Tin Maung (Timmy), who was killed two years ago at 21 in a Rangoon bus accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 10, 1964 | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

Died. Tin Maung ("Tinny") Thant, 21, only son of U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, a onetime sociology student at Manhattan's Hunter College; of brain injuries after falling off a swerving bus; in Rangoon, Burma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 1, 1962 | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...Thant comes from a cultured, well-to-do family of landowners. Oldest of four brothers, all of whom became prominent in Burmese government and business, he is married to the daughter of an eminent lawyer. They have a 22-year-old daughter, Aye Aye, and a son. Tin Maung ("Tinny"), 19, both taking sociology courses at Manhattan's Hunter College...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The U.N.'s Acting Secretary-General U Thant | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

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