Word: tien
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Adapted from Chrétien de Troyes
...Khmer Rouge fled Cambodia following an internecine struggle inside Angka six months ago. The reason for the purge: some of the older organization men dared to propose moderating changes in what had become in effect a penal society. They were eliminated for making these suggestions. In the village of Tien Kam, for instance, the Khmer Rouge "controller" was killed by a girl of 18-who then took his place...
...Hanoi newspapers have lately been publishing a serial account of last year's conquest of South Viet Nam. Written by North Vietnamese Chief of Staff General Van Tien Dung-second in military command to Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap-the remarkably candid narrative offers an intimate glimpse of North Vietnamese thoughts on the successful offensive. Some of Dung's main disclosures...
Arriving at dawn in Peking's vast Tien An Men Square, the protesters began placing wreaths in honor of the late Premier Chou En-lai at the Monument to the Martyrs of the Revolution. By 10 in the morning nearly 100,000 people had massed on the huge cobblestoned square, in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Suddenly, a scuffle broke out between demonstrators and militiamen guarding the monument; a student from Tsinghua University was badly bloodied. Some in the crowd tried to storm the Great Hall of the People on the northwest corner of the square; rallies...
...some American executives say that any company seeking a Saudi contract must count on adding 10% for graft to the stated price. One U.S. executive tells of paying $3 million in bribes to win a $7 million contract in Iran. In Indonesia, the President's wife, Ibu Tien Suharto, is widely known as "Ibu Ten Percent" for the rake-offs she has reportedly demanded from businesses operating there. The South Korean government lately has openly asked foreign corporations for contributions to national defense in lieu of raising taxes; Herbert Telshaw Jr., senior vice president of General Motors Korea, last...