Djakarta
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Founded by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, Djakarta resembles towns in The Netherlands.
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If independence is the shared future dream of Southeast Asia, poverty is the shared present condition that Bloodworth cannot escape, from the crate-size, tin-and-tar-paper shacks on Hong Kong's hillsides to the shantyvilles of Djakarta.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manila there was an embroidered barong tagalog for him to wear; in Djakarta, white-costumed Javanese dancers strewed frangipani blossoms in the presidential path.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week President Johnson dispatched Veteran Diplomat Ellsworth Bunker, 70, to Djakarta to see what is left to save in Indonesian-American relations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ambassador Howard Jones and his staff are still in Djakarta, even the envoy's residence has been raided.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was stained with red paint and contained a single word printed in enormous letters: Djakarta.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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