Word: pangu
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...seemed. The conservative, white-dominated United Party, which had sent sound trucks through the main towns with the message in pidgin "My fella vote Unided Pati, yu fella vote Unided Pati," lost some seats it had held in the last Assembly, and emerged without a majority. The Pangu Pati (acrophonetic pidgin for Papua New Guinea Party), which draws its strength from the radical young black elite of the coastal cities and favors immediate self-government, gained ground, leading to predictions that the territories will be self-governing within two years. But fully 30 of the Assembly's 100 seats...
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