Word: tiao
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...depiction of the simple bonds of affection tying these blue-collar characters together. The wildcat strike of the workers at the local accentuates the flaws in each person's character, prompting old bonds to be severed and new ones to be cemented. At first glimpse, we think that young Tiao will be the hero of the plot; young, eager, hardworking, he makes plans to marry his girlfriend whom he has made pregnant. But his downfall comes when he cannot see the pitfalls of not participating in the impending strike. Instead, he selfishly goes against his father Otavio and walks...
...process he loses his fiance* Maria, who wants to marry him but refuses to accept his strike-breaking. Participating in the strike demonstrations against Tiao's wishes, Maria gets kicked in the stomach by an undercover company hired hand. We see Maria's blood-covered knees and elbows because she won't compromise her morals for Tiao...
...Tiao's actions hurt his father even more than Maria. Otavio disagrees with the timing of the strike, but goes along with it to show his solidarity with the workers' rights. Shocked by his son's actions to the contrary, we see his poignant realization of his son's misdirection, not cowardice, at the moment Tiao becomes a scab. With the backing of his wife Romana. Otavio kicks Tiao out of the house, preferring to lose his son than shelter a traitor to the worker's cause...
...Laos one rainy day last week, Premier Tiao Somsanith, 47, assembled the top members of his Cabinet and flew north from Vientiane to the royal city of Luangprabang on a matter of some urgency: the burial of the late King Sisavan Vong, who has been preserved in formaldehyde since last October. By long tradition, a Laotian King must be buried in a coffin made from a sandalwood tree that had been growing for centuries for this predestined purpose. This tree had just been found, and Sisavang Vong could at last be laid to rest. But even as Somsanith...
...weeks the quarreling Laotian politicians had been unable to select a new Premier. Last week parliamentary leaders suddenly made up their minds. Picked as the youngest Premier in Laotian history was Tiao Somsanith, 47, who has a shining reputation for honesty and ability. As governor of the northern province of Houa Khong, Somsanith was one of the few Laotian leaders not involved in the diversion of U.S. foreign aid funds, looked after the non-Lao tribes committed to his care so solicitously that the pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces were unable to make any inroads in his territory. According...