Word: pratanatipodi
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...Kind of Place. Nonetheless, a figure of Johnson's rank is forgiven such lapses, and he was, after all, pratanatipodi, the President (literally, "chairman of the greatest"). He was treated accordingly. At his quarters, overlooking the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, servants brought the President his meals on their knees, performed wais (a bow with the hands pressed together) before him. Cracked a U.S. aide: "This is Johnson's kind of place...
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