Djakarta
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Founded by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, Djakarta resembles towns in The Netherlands.
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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
On a salary of less than $100 a month, Sutowo recently threw a $60,000 wedding for his daughter, prompting one Djakarta newspaper to editorialize: "Crude oil smooths the way for love."
From Time Magazine Archive
In Djakarta, a fleet of ten Russian freighters and tankers arrived from Vladivostok and was turned over to Sukarno under the terms of a recent $100 million Soviet loan.
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
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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