Word: ngo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...struck a match to his brown robes. Flames burst over him. Grimacing but uttering no sound, the monk shriveled into a charred skeleton. After three minutes, his arms stiffened before him, and he pitched over. It was the sixth suicide by fire in the Buddhist struggle against President Ngo Dinh Diem...
...route to the U.S., where TV pundits were already vying for guest interviews, photogenic Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu stopped over in Paris and more than lived up to her newspaper billing as "the Liz Taylor of politics." Chic and seductive, South Viet Nam's first lady did a bit of shopping, had her hair done at Carita ("I hope my husband doesn't notice I had my hair cut-he hates that"), and claimed that at heart she was just a little homebody. "I am always presented as a political animal," she complained. "I like home life very...
Four faculty members, including Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, will appear with Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu at the Law School Forum's first lecture program of the year next Monday night...
...sister of South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem, had been named previously as the chief speaker at the Forum. She will give a half-hour speech, to be followed by questions or short statements from each of the panel members. It is expected that they will questions her closely about alleged repressive measures against Buddhists and denial of basic freedoms in Viet Nam. Members of the audience will also be able to question the Vietnamese first lady...
Tocsin criticized U.S. support of the Ngo Dinh Diem government, calling it unpopular and dictatorial. The group said that self-determination should be the first goal of American policy in South Vietnam...