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Word: chong (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...disgruntled president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, wrote a "secret" letter to the Tengku (which was soon leaked), demanding 40 seats. Answered the Prince angrily: "Your action in presenting me with an ultimatum at this late hour is really a stab in the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: Hold That Line | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...CHONG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 20, 1957 | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

...Angeles hoodlum named Joseph and Mary Rivas, who graduated from "switch knives, snap guns . . . and, for the very poor, socks loaded with sand" to ownership of the Lee Chong Grocery, and now keeps busy trying to figure out a way to cheat at chess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Back to the Riffraff | 6/14/1954 | See Source »

...stubborn South Koreans, was the bloodiest engagement of 1952. After six days of inconclusive seesawing, the gallant ROKs had chewed up several Chinese regiments, and the enemy had lost, in killed & wounded, an estimated 10,000 men. South Korean losses, though not announced, were also high. Major General Kim Chong Oh, commander of the ROK 9th Division, proudly praised his men: "Their stand has been valiant and exemplary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF KOREA: The ROKs of White Horse Hill | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

International Touch. In San Francisco, Chinese Restaurateur Frank Chong advertised "KOSHER LUNCHEONS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 7, 1952 | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

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