British Malaya/malayan Union and Free Malaya 1945-1957

Famous quotes containing the words british, union and/or free:

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    You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest-lived.
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    Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)