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Word: ryukyus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...People's Party was the moderate, pro-U.S. Liberal-Democratic Party headed by scholarly Seisaku Ota, 56, current chief executive of the local government. The Liberal Democrats, too, plumped for reunification with Japan, but unlike their opponents, wanted it to come about gradually and without ruining the Ryukyus' prospering economy -which depends on the billion-dollar network of U.S. bases and the presence of some 60,000 dollar-spending servicemen, civilians and their families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKINAWA: Winner: the U.S. | 11/28/1960 | See Source »

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