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I went around to her hotel which was called Nhu Lan Hotel had a look at the room which was a little bit shabby but it was clean enough.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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While incredibly powerful women Cleopatra, Elizabeth I of England, Madame Nhu, Jiang Qing, Margaret Thatcher, and Angela Merkel may seem few and far between, many a woman has used her feminine wiles to obtain classified information.
George Heymont: So Little Time, So Much Intrigue George Heymont 2012
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In Vietnam's Vinh Phuc province, 65 kilometers northwest of Hanoi, Nguyen Nhu Trang, a 22-year-old housewife, says she has started feeding her 6-month-old son with Vietnam-made milk formula, because the price for imported formula has increased too much lately.
Asia Price Rises Imperil Growth Alex Frangos 2011
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Madame Nhu labored mightily to install her version of morality upon the Vietnamese.
Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . . Stanley Kutler 2010
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In nine years of rule, Diem managed to alienate large segments of his country's populace, amid what was to become a familiar pattern of authoritarianism and nepotism involving his relatives, most notably his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, an opium addict attracted to the Gestapo practices of the Nazi regime.
Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . . Stanley Kutler 2010
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Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, the outspoken beauty who served as South Vietnam's unofficial first lady early in the Vietnam War and earned the nickname Dragon Lady'' for her harsh criticism of protesting Buddhist monks and communist sympathizers, has died in Rome at age 86.
World Watch 2011
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Diem eventually alienated his own military, which carried out a coup on Nov. 1, 1963, resulting in the assassination of Diem and Nhu.
Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . . Stanley Kutler 2010
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Nhu Lan are premade but can be supplemented with extra meats and pickles ordered at the counter where they're stacked.
Saigon's Banh Mi 2010
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A On 1 November 1963, Diem's generals and rebel soldiers completed a bloody coup in which Diem and Nhu died shot and dumped into the back of an armoured personnel carrier, part of the American aid.
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There are serious political tensions in Saigon (and perhaps elsewhere in South Vietnam) where the Diem-Nhu government is becoming increasingly unpopular. 3.
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