Word: nam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Nguyen Van Tam resigned as Premier of Viet Nam, biggest and most important of the three Associated States of Indo-China. In the strange tangle of intrigue and paradox that is Vietnamese internal politics, Tam, once an ardently pro-French pet of the French, had lost out in a struggle for power with wily Chief of State...
...months ago, Nguyen Van Tam was a strong man in Viet Nam. Born 58 years ago to a family of small merchants, he was educated in France, became a lawyer, teacher and government official. His son married a French girl. He had a hand in putting down Communist insurrections before and during World War II, and wore, among other decorations, the French Croix de guerre with palm and star. He became Minister of Security (chief of police) and finally-against Bao Dai's wishes-chief of government, or Premier...
Laichau is a tiny mud village in northwestern Viet Nam, where the clack of mah-jongg tiles used to be heard day & night. For seven years of war, although it is only 30 miles from the Chinese border. Laichau remained in French hands. Last week it was lost to Ho Chi Minh's Communists without a fight...
...high-priced haberdashery and notions, offered some helpful shopping hints for "other gift suggestions" not available there. "For Dad: a Wheeler Sun Lounge, 65-footer [yacht], $165.000. For Mom: a sable-lined reversible polo coat from Maximilian, $45,000. For mother-in-law: an Air France ticket to Viet Nam (French Indo-China...
...last week, after putting the family rice on to boil over her charcoal pot, Mrs. Ko II Nam took a housewife's chance and strolled out to pass the time with a neighbor in the alleys of Pusan's cluttered, teeming Yongju district. When Mrs. Ko returned, the rice had boiled over, the charcoal had spilled onto the floor, and the straw matting of her tiny shack was afire. Moments later the entire house was ablaze. As neighbors tried to put out the fire, a brisk wind whipped the flames against the houses next door, and soon they...