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Word: pitpat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...approaches are deceptively peaceful. Water buffaloes patiently drag plows through the flooded rice fields; wiry little peasant women in circular straw hats, chocolate-colored jackets and black trousers pitpat swiftly along the roads in bare feet, carrying produce to market in baskets balanced on poles over their shoulders. As my jeep left the road and followed the twisting, hedged lane that led to Bai Trang, war -or preparations for war-sprang to view. A rough stone wall protected the village. It bore the crudely painted inscription: "Da dao bon pha dinh pha dinh chua ro nha" (Down with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: VILLAGE OF NO ILLUSIONS | 8/21/1950 | See Source »

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