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Word: tokyo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Never give camellias; the heads fall off," cautions an official pamphlet issued to Tokyo's 23,000 policemen last week. "And never give sick people potted plants; their connotation of being rooted may make recipient think you expect him to be sick a long time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Officers & Gentlemen | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...TOKYO, April 21--Red China disclosed today its peasant communes are in trouble and will need both a subsidy and tax relief to bail them...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Kennedy's Labor Bill Withstands Two Amendment Bids by Senate; Mao to Subsidize Red Communes | 4/22/1959 | See Source »

...TOKYO, April 20--Red China Monday branded as lies the Dalai Lama's statement denouncing Communist rule in Tibet...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Eisenhower Calls for Quick Ban On Surface Nuclear Explosions; Red China Criticizes Dalai Lama | 4/21/1959 | See Source »

...Into Tokyo's Metropolitan Gymnasium last week poured an impressive throng of 4,500 Anglicans and Episcopalians, including church dignitaries from eleven nations, to celebrate the centenary of their first mission in Japan.* The Buddhists had just been in the same hall to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of Buddha's birth by posing such questions as "Does the accomplishment of sunya [nothingness] depend on pratityasamutpada [cause and effect]?" The Anglicans held a more down-to-earth meeting. There were speeches on the benefits of atomic energy and discussions of the Communist menace to Asia. But the high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Anniversary in Tokyo | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Lest anyone think he was slowing down at 71, the Archbishop had a direct word for his Anglicans. Said he, on his arrival in Tokyo: "My trip through the East to this point has left me untouched by mental, moral or physical indigestion. To be the Archbishop of Canterbury, you must be tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Anniversary in Tokyo | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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