Word: vengalil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brilliant & Bitter. Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, 57, is an Indian who has lived more than half his life as an Englishman; a Western-trained intellectual who distrusts and hates the West; a passionate foe of old-style imperialism whose histrionic talents and glib tongue more often than not give aid to the new imperialism of Communism. He ostentatiously preaches humility and tolerance, but some of his colleagues call him "The Great I Am," and secretaries dissolve in tears when he flies into a thunderous rage and calls them insulting names. A brilliant, bitter, unsatisfied man, he wears expensive Savile...
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