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...quarter of the known Burmese population of the U.S. was at Yale last week. His name is Shwe Waing (rhymes with May Wine) and he was making noises with his brown face at U.S. soldier students. The noises were Burmese words. After twelve weeks of them at 15 hours weekly, the soldiers could make them...
When the solid gold top of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon was shaken down by an earthquake (TIME, May 19, 1930), Thomas Cook & Sons may well have mourned. But last week pious Burmese crowned their wonder of the world again with gold. The completed job cost $300,000, was rushed through one year and three weeks after the quake. For good measure and added travelers' delight, diamonds were set into 2,500-year-old Shwe Dagon's new crown...