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...cold, rainy day, but the smile on President Reagan's face was warm and friendly as he and Wife Nancy stood on the South Portico of the White House. A limousine drew up to deliver their first visiting head of state: Chun Doo Hwan, the balding former paratrooper who is now strongman of South Korea...
...That Chun, who seized power in a coup last year, was Reagan's first ruling foreign visitor was no accident. The President wanted to show that violations of human rights, such as Chun's imprisonment of his former political rival, Kim Dae Jung, will no longer have a decisive impact on relations between the U.S. and an ally that stands as a bulwark against Communist expansion. Explained a senior State Department official: "It is not the purpose of this Administration to look into the internal affairs of Korea...
...hourlong meeting with Reagan in the Oval Office, Chun got some highly welcome news. Reagan told him that the U.S. will not pull any of its 39,000 troops out of South Korea. Reagan also assured Chun that the Administration will fulfill Carter's promise to sell Seoul 36 advanced F-16 jet fighters, and that U.S. military assistance to Korea will not be cut from this year's level of $160 million. At lunch Chun raised his glass to toast his host for bringing a "great renewal...
Ranked thirteenth in the nation last year, the Princeton aquawomen boast a talented crop of freshmen and veterans, including freshman Hawaiian Kaili Chun, who was Harvard's top recruiting goal last year. Against the likes of versatile junior Charlotte Tiedemann, freestyler Liz Richardson, and top-ranked diver Chris Moses most teams just crumble--much the same way Harvard did last week...
Princeton--the 13th best team in the country--features a clutch of stellar performers, including Hawaiian backstroker Kaili Chun, who last year opted for the Orange and Black over the Crimson...