Word: pham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story, confused and tragic as it is, does not hold their attention nearly so well as the story of Pham. Pham's story is not at all confused. Nor does anyone at Jubilee doubt its authenticity. For one thing, there are witnesses to it?not many, to be sure, since only five of the original eleven voyagers survived. Those who made it verify Pham's account, if somewhat reluctantly. The two parallel gashes also serve as supporting evidence. Even after two months, they stand out like a reddened equals sign on the top of Pham's head...
Viet Nam's party boss Le Duan and Premier Pham Van Dong visited Moscow two weeks ago for a meeting with their Soviet counterparts, Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin. Le Duan said that the solidarity of the two allies had given Viet Nam "new great strength" to face its problems, many of which were caused "by collusion between U.S.-led imperialism and Chinese expansionism." Brezhnev responded by agreeing that "China and the U.S. encourage each other in almost everything when it comes to abusing the will of the peoples of Indochina...