Word: rice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Communists can still break the peace, Diem has the threat to internal security under control. With an annual per capita income of $144, Viet Nam trails only Japan, Malaya and the Philippines in the area. Diem has built 1,000 miles of roads, reclaimed thousands of acres of rice land, and opened two universities and a technical school this year. U.S. aid ($250 million this year) keeps his army in the pink and his budget in the black...
Thailand. Elections ordered by the new strongman, Marshal Sarit, were completed last week. Fellow travelers are reeling backward, deprived of the support of Pibulsonggram, whom Sarit ousted in last September's coup. Rice is cheap and plentiful. Sarit and all major parties back Thailand's past SEATO commitments, and prospects are that the country will continue prosperous and stable...
...Communist insurgents in nine years' fighting, and recently stepped-up campaigns have resulted in mass surrender of rebels. Citizens may now travel, safe from guerrilla raids, in all but the most mountainous parts of the country. Strapped for foreign exchange as a result of a slump in rice exports and now-regretted barter deals with Communist countries, Burma has lately made some gains with its economic expansion program, though it still suffers direly from severe inflation (a 200% increase in the cost of living since...
...King Hill 6 ft. 4 in. 205 Rice...
...overwhelming vote by sportswriters, he won the Heisman Trophy as outstanding college football player of 1957. Chicago's professional Cardinals, entitled to first-draft choice because they have the worst record in the league, brightened their 1958 prospects by choosing Crow to team up with Rice's Quarterback King Hill* in the rejuvenation of the Cardinals' backfield...