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During Burma's first decade of independence, the nation's undisputed leader was affable, ascetic Premier U Nu, a sometime Buddhist monk who sought through his politics "to merit admission to the higher abode of nirvana." But U Nu was a lackluster administrator, and by 1958 Burma's rice-rich economy was on the brink of ruin and domestic Communists were gaining strength. Willingly, Socialist U Nu turned over power to a military caretaker regime headed by General Ne Win, who restored efficient government, defeated Communist guerrilla bands. After 15 months in office he held elections that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma: Deteriorating Situation | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...afternoon outings with the pony and trap-and a bottle of whisky in the boot. One of the Queen's Maids of Honor, meeting John Brown in the castle carrying a basket, once asked him whether the Queen was having her tea out that afternoon. "Weel, yus and nu," he muttered. "She dinna mooch like tay. We take out biscuits and sperruts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Study in Black & Brown | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

...None 2 ) Williams 3 ) All three As any master of multiple choice could detect in a flash. No. 3 is the correct answer. All three men now have plays in production-Williams in New York, Picasso in Vienna, U Nu at East Carolina College in Greenville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stage: If U Nu Pablo . . . | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

...Wages. If Picasso's play is opaque, there is nothing obscure about The Wages of Sin, by U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma. Playwright Nu has been produced in the U.S. before-his The People Win Through was once presented at the Pasadena Playhouse in California-and U Nu is still pounding away at the same theme: the evil of Communism and how to combat it. The Wages of Sin will be given its U.S. première on the East Carolina campus this week, with a Louisianaborn history professor playing U Po Lone, a Burmese government minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stage: If U Nu Pablo . . . | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

...statesman, Neutralist U Nu has sometimes professed to see little difference between the Communist powers and the West. But as a dramatist, he is as forthright a champion of democracy as any democrat could wish. Sample dialogue (between supporting characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stage: If U Nu Pablo . . . | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

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