Word: ng
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John Dos Passos' massive, radical trilogy, U.S.A. (1930-36), sizzled with social protest, sent admiring critics scurry-ng to Balzac and Tolstoy for comparisons. Now a mellow 55, Dos Passos has put together a long, loose chronicle that parallels the history of many an intellectual of his own generation...
...Originally known as the "Hukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon" (People's Army Against Japan), the Huk movement now has a new name: "Hukbo ng mapagpalaya sa bayan" (People's Liberation Army). -Literacy in the Philippines is now 50%, highest in Southeast Asia. Others: Malaya, 32%; Indo-China, 15%; Indonesia...
Name Dropper. In El Paso, after applying for U.S. citizenship, Ng Wah Yee changed his name to Chan You Ng...
...down some ideas on the subject. He would 1) keep the present system except for x, c and q; 2) eliminate the neutral second vowels found in such words as colour, labour and honour; 3) substitute "unambiguous symbols" for the consonant combinations sh, zh, wh, th, dh, ng; also for the vowel-consonant combinations ah, aw, at, et, it, of, ut, oot, yoot...
Kind Hearts and Coronets. An impudent, witty British comedy about a well->red murderer; with Alec Guinness (play-ng eight roles) and Dennis Price (TIME, Julys...