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Laotians rarely worry, but they are always concerned with the state of Vientiane's Thai Dam pagoda. They believe that the black Buddhist shrine is in reality a cork that holds back an evil demon. Last week, when flares arched over the Thai Dam and the rattle of rifle fire broke Vientiane's predawn quiet, many Laotians feared that the cork had come unstuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: The Demon Beneath the Pagoda | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...Thai's the reason I like all the colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: The Little Courses | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

Three weeks ago, Sarit went to the hospital with complications arising from cirrhosis of the liver and a lifetime of hard living. Among his other ailments: enlargement of the heart, high blood pressure, kidney disease, congested lungs. From his hospital bed, he sang to his wife an old Thai ballad that begins: "The love of 100 mistresses could not be compared to the love one has for his own wife." The U.S. Army surgeon general rushed to Bangkok to treat Sarit, but his heart finally gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Death of a Man | 12/20/1963 | See Source »

...programs will provide the same basic training as all other Peace Corps programs. They will specialize in secondary school teaching in English-speaking and French-speaking Africa, community development projects in urban and rural areas of Latin America, teaching English as a foreign language, and "exotic" languages, such as Thai...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peace Corps to Select Juniors For Summer Training Program; Shriver Will Speak in February | 12/19/1963 | See Source »

White Model. Nostalgic Thais recall the glorious days when Siam's elephant corps was its dreaded force de frappe.*As a member of SEATO, Thailand nowadays sets more store by its U.S.-supplied M-24 tanks. Nonetheless, allows Colonel Damnern Lekhakul, a military historian attached to the Thai general staff, "If a war comes, we may have to rely on elephants for jungle combat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Alas, Poor Elephas! He's Losing Class | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

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