Word: phothisalat
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...government-run hotel?on Thanon Phothisalat, Ban Wat That, tel: (856-71) 212-200 for reservations?renovated under French supervision in 1995, was once the official residence of the late Prince Souvanna Phouma (the end "a" was apparently dropped from the hotel's name at the government's insistence, so as not to "evoke the monarchy"). During the political storms that wracked the country before the communist takeover in 1975, Souvanna Phouma served twice, albeit briefly, as Prime Minister. He was also, in the late 1950s, Laos' ambassador to France...
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