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...worked his way through the University of Buffalo Law School. With two brothers, he set up a law firm in Buffalo, went to work for the War Production Board in World War II. In 1943 he joined the Navy as a lieutenant, led a 100-man OSS mission into Burma to organize espionage...
...lick kans, found a way by cutting its roots a foot or so beneath the surface. At the time, India had no tools tough enough for such a job. Then came World War II and with it an army of snorting U.S. tractors to build the Burma Road. When the war was over, Sethi persuaded his government to buy 200 of the tractors, teamed up with a U.S. engineer to found the Central Tractor Organization...
...Meaning master. The term, like sahib in India, was once generally used to describe Burma's British overlords. When the British left, almost every self-respecting Burman promptly assumed the title for himself...
...rhinoceros has no political significance. It was chosen as an identifying symbol because rhinoceroses are rare in Burma and hence presumably hard to duplicate. That, anyway, is how the Burmans reckon...
...Burma. 3. Formosa...