Word: thailand
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...they passed over the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra. In Cambodia, hundreds of tourists and Cambodians were protected by 30,000 soldiers from possible Khmer Rouge attacks, as they gathered to watch the eclipse against the backdrop of the fabled temples of Angkor Wat. And in Thailand, Princess Sirindhorn, daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, led tens of thousands in an observation ceremony broadcast live on television...
...they passed over the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra. In Cambodia, hundreds of tourists and Cambodians were protected by 30,000 soldiers from possible Khmer Rouge attacks, as they gathered to watch the eclipse against the backdrop of the fabled temples of Angkor Wat. And in Thailand, Princess Sirindhorn, daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, led tens of thousands in an observation ceremony broadcast live on television...
DIED. KUKRIT PRAMOJ, 84, Thailand's Prime Minister from 1975-76; in Bangkok. In a case of politics imitating art, Kukrit assumed office 12 years after starring opposite Marlon Brando in the film The Ugly American--in the role of a Southeast Asian Prime Minister...
...aides have clashed from the outset. When Wilson named Fuller his campaign chairman in June, Gorton, who has a penchant for Far East spirituality, went off to Thailand in a huff. But he returned to do battle. Soon Fuller found himself up against Gorton's vision: to squeeze Wilson's name onto the Dole-controlled ballot in the high-visibility New York primary, even at the price of $750,000 in signature gathering plus legal costs. Gorton won that debate. Then came the one over Iowa. Fuller said, "You can't run a media campaign elsewhere...
...virtually indistinguishable from today's echolocating bats." Though laymen think they most resemble rodents, bats' closest cousins are primates. Modern bats are amazingly diverse; about 1,000 species account for nearly a fourth of all mammal species. The only known group of flying mammals, they range in size from Thailand's tiny bumblebee bat, weighing less than a penny, to Indonesia's giant flying fox, with wingspans of nearly 6 ft. Many bats feed on insects, while others prefer fruit, nectar or pollen. A few feast on fish, frogs, rodents and, yes, blood. Contrary to legend, however, vampire bats, which...