Word: potted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Uncovering a dark epoch in an ancient melting pot's past...
...upheaval has left the country in ruins, its population decimated, its economy shattered. The countryside is still ravaged by a war between invading Vietnamese troops who support Hanoi's puppet regime of Heng Samrin in Phnom-Penh and diehard Khmer Rouge guerrillas loyal to ousted Premier Pol Pot...
...Khmer Rouge guerrillas have also crossed the border temporarily, to rest and regroup. The exodus has been building since mid-April, when six Vietnamese divisions launched a pre-monsoon offensive to eliminate Khmer Rouge pockets of resistance along the Thai border. leng Sary, Deputy Premier in the Pol Pot regime, has accused the Vietnamese of practicing genocide and a scorched-earth policy in carrying out the relentless drive...
Viet Nam, which once touted itself as a model of socialist development, has become a troubled pariah. It is only now recovering slowly from the bloody but inconclusive border war with China. Although the repressive regime of Cambodia's Premier, Pol Pot, has been driven out of Phnom Penh, Vietnamese forces are bogged down in what appears to be a protracted guerrilla war in Cambodia...
...Principles of Economics" and Hum 9b, "Oral and Popular Tradition in Literature," ruled for another semester as the College's most popular courses, and the Hasty Pudding brought Robert De Niro and Candace Bergen to town for the best actor and actress of the year awards. Handed the traditional pot, De Niro could only say, "It doesn't have any pudding in it. I thought it would. But thanks anyway...