Word: ahn
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...readers lap them up. His Son of the Fire sold 200,000 copies. Cho chopped off his own pinkie in public in 1974 after an ethnic Korean gunman from Japan shot the wife of dictator Park Chung Hee. Called danji (finger chopping) the gesture was immortalized by independence fighter Ahn Jung Geun, who in 1909 swore to assassinate Japanese political leaders, writing the oath in blood from the stump of his severed finger. (Japan's yakuza also cut off their own digits, but that's usually to atone for blunders.) Cho's idol is Kim Du Han, the legendary gangster...
...godfather is coy about Gangstergate and his own political connections, although he says he has received requests to "help out" in this year's presidential race. Politicians, he says with disgust, "use you and then get rid of you." Mobster Ahn Sang Min says he, too, has been approached by politicians seeking to fix the December election. Ahn, more menacing than dapper in olive sports jacket, black turtleneck and white slip-ons, is best known for ordering three murders?the last one while in prison. (He says he's now counseling young people.) Gangstergate? "They can't touch...
Badawy had another top-notch game at both ends of the field, leading the team's transition game along with fellow freshman midfielder Jen Ahn...
...They were definitely getting frustrated out there on the field," Ahn said. "We played really strong and tough against them...
...Ahn picked up an assist on the play and would have had an assist on Gambale's goal had it not been called back...