Word: van
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French are gone from Southeast Asia, but there's a lingering trace of Talleyrand in Vu Van Thai, South Vietnam's ambassador to the U.S. Just as Talleyrand spent the Terror safely secluded in the United States, so did Thai work as a U.N. staff member in Togo, during the seven coups and dozen reshuffles since the fall of Diem. Thai's return suggests that he has mastered Talleyrand's chameleon-like ability to shift positions and survive...
Wally Grant and Harry Van Oudenallen, of pigskin repute, and Oliver Everett made up a second midfield. Munro is trying junior Craig Stapleton with sophomore Jim Kilkowski and Terry Vogt for a third unit...
...Van Thai, South Vietnamese ambassador to the United States, praised U.S. good intentions in Southeast Asia and predicted a strong democracy for South Vietnam in a speech last night at Emerson Hall...
...looked happier, more poised-or prettier. Dressed in a white silk gown with a 15-ft. train, a huge diamond brooch, and the same pearl-and-diamond diadem that her grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, had worn, she was first married to Claus in a private civil ceremony by Burgomeister Gijsbertus van Hall. Then, to the strains of Bach and Handel, the couple exchanged rings and "I do's" before 3,000 guests at the Westerkerk. Holding hands, both were so relaxed that they burst into giggles at one point during the sermon...
...Honorable Un Van Thai, South Vietnamese ambassador to the U.S., will speak at 3 p.m. tomorrow night in Emerson 105. He resigned from the Diem government over a dispute in 1961, and has been ambassador since last December...