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DIED. Ton Due Thang, 91, figurehead President of North Viet Nam after the death of Ho Chi Minn in 1969 and the only man to serve as President since the country's 1976 reunification with South Viet Nam; of a heart attack; in Hanoi. The choice of the southern-born "Uncle Ton," a longtime Communist Party faithful, as successor to the legendary Ho was a compromise designed to forestall a power struggle between more influential leaders in the party. While Ton's presidency was largely ceremonial in character, the power of the office is now likely...
...retired amateur golfers wearing CAT-Deisel hats turned their heads and smiled with bare tolerance at the sexy young "thang," cast some bawdy aspersions, and returned their thoughts to the giant plastic orange propped up over the citrus fruit shop. We had stopped at "The Orange Ring...
Natchul English. Some South Georgians respond to questions about-or criticism of-such accents by protesting, "It's the closest thang on God's green earth to the King's natchul English." Linguist Pederson agrees that the claim does have a certain validity. The North was largely settled by immigrants who learned English as a second language and were heavily dependent on the written word, he notes. Southerners, on the other hand, have always relied on the spoken word. "In that respect, Southern speech is closer to the native speech of England," concludes Pederson, and often...
...Minh. All schools, hospitals and families displayed pictures of Ho as well as flags of the Provisional Revolutionary Government and North Viet Nam. Hanoi dispatched a prestigious delegation to take part in the festivities, including Politburo Member Le Due Tho and North Vietnamese President Ton Due Thang. Also making their first appearances in Saigon since the Communist victory were civilian leaders like non-Communist Nguyen Huu Tho, chairman of the P.R.G. Advisory Council...
...Major General Nguyen Due Thang, Lansdale's Vietnamese counterpart, who later resigned in protest against Saigon corruption...