Word: yew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Belatedly, and at great cost, the Shah himself has begun to comprehend the real nature of Iran's malaise and his role in its creation (see Interview page 43). In other societies run by strong rulers - Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, Leopold Senghor's Senegal, Tito's Yugoslavia - literate and cultivated populations have succeeded in matching political progress with economic and cultural development. But Iran's unique society, so influenced by its religious structure and rooted for centuries in a different world, simply could not adjust to such radical change. The Shah failed to realize that the dramatic alterations...
...early to have thought up such a thing." Martin Elphick, a doctor from Kent, pursued primitive medicine, treating flu with violet and willow bark, headaches with valerian root, and asthma with deadly nightshade. The Iron Agers developed their own dyes, appletree bark for yellow, the yew tree for orange, lichens for brown and green...
That stand drew protests from Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Hussein bin Onn and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Lee specifically criticized "countries like Laos" for their "urge to proselytize" and added that "we cannot tolerate interference in the internal affairs of any member...
...unlikely. "Whether Hanoi avoids Peking's wrath will depend on how successfully the North Vietnamese can make it appear that they are working in Asia's interest and not just in their own or the Soviet Union's," said Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. "Hanoi just cannot allow the Russians to build a base in North Viet Nam. What it can do is throw the Soviets a little bait now and then, like servicing a ship or two at Cam Ranh...
...last year, and Thailand's Foreign Minister, Chartichai Choonhavan, who is scheduled to visit the Chinese capital later this month, has announced that Sino-Thai relations will be established by September. The Thai move has been enthusiastically supported by Singapore's toughly realistic Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, not out of love for China but from the feeling that good relations between Peking and Bangkok will enhance the stability of the entire region. The remaining member of ASEAN, Indonesia, will probably find the move of its neighbors toward China difficult to resist...