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...hard to describe just how adored this shuttlecock master is in China, where badminton is followed with the kind of passion Americans reserve for basketball or baseball. Sporting a coxcomb of spiky hair and stylish sideburns, Lin goes by the nickname Super Dan - pronounced "dahn," not like the shortened version of Daniel. After striking gold, the 24-year-old circled the stadium with a Chinese flag fluttering from his shoulders, like Superman with his cape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Badminton Star Takes Gold | 8/17/2008 | See Source »

Next day came reports that Doe died while being interrogated on the whereabouts of millions of dollars of state funds that had disappeared during his 10 years in power. In an effort to downplay Johnson's reputation as a ruthless rebel, his official spokesman, Marcus Dahn, attributed Doe's death to loss of blood and denied that the President had been intentionally murdered. "As a matter of fact, Doe's death is a regret," Dahn said, "because we have maintained that we would not use the same brutal means by which the man ruled the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia Death of a President | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

BUFFALO, Jan. 28-Harvard junior John Misha Petkevich completely dominated the first day of competition in the senior men's title at the United States figure skating championships at Dahn Memorial Rink here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petkevich Leads in Men's Skating (Special to the CRIMSON) | 1/29/1971 | See Source »

Flower Drum Song (Universal-International), a $4,000,000, 133-minute film version of the Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, offers the U.S. moviegoer roughly the same sensation he would get if he sat down with a single pair of chopsticks before a tun of Sook Muy Dahn Faah Tong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No Tickee, No Worry | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

...Teddy Boys carried on with such abandon that the councils of a dozen towns met in special session to consider banning Rock Around the Clock. Near theaters where it was still being shown, police mobilized in droves. The Teds themselves met the challenge with glee. "Just you come dahn 'ere on Sunday," said one young Londoner as the difficult week drew on. "They'll never 'old us Teds then, no matter 'ow many 'eavies they 'ave. We'll all be out for a giggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Teds | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

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