Word: korea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Games, South Korean Olympic officials realized that the rights would be worth more if the country's clocks were moved forward one hour -- thus enabling more daytime events to be seen in prime time in the U.S. Result: last year, for the first time since the 1960s, South Korea instituted daylight saving time...
...this year's Winter Games but less than the 23.2 ABC drew four years ago in Los Angeles. If that goal is reached, NBC stands to make an estimated $50 million to $75 million on the telecast. Though the network has no insurance per se, its contract with the Korea Exchange Bank guarantees reimbursement for revenues lost because of any substantial disruption of the Games. As for the disruption of South Korea's clocks, the country will return to standard time on Oct. 9, a week after the Games...
...special section, TIME spotlights the five-ring extravaganza, from the most exciting competitors and competitions to the most intriguing bits of lore and trivia. -- Heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Decathlete Daley Thompson are coming to assert a kind of athletic kingship. -- Swimmers Biondi and Janet Evans have appointments in Korea with a hoard of medals -- the question being just how many. -- For a swarm of mitey gymnasts, the contest beyond gold seems to be for the affection of the globe. -- The first superpower showdown in twelve years. -- A look into the heart of Seoul. -- And finally, for the overwhelmed viewer...
...size of a parking meter, who ran all day and all night with his shirt peeled up and his tongue rolled down. When Zatopek raced, hearts raced. Whoever his modern descendant might be -- the Moroccan Said Aouita, likely as not -- he will almost certainly be in Seoul. Besides North Korea, only Cuba, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Albania and the Seychelles have demurred. For the first time since the bleak year of 1972, practically the whole world is expected...
...least 47 spectators at a U. S. air base in West Germany, touching off a controversy about low- level flying within NATO. -- After being invited to meet with authorities, Poland' s Lech Walesa calls for striking workers to return to their jobs. -- A prosperous and newly democratized South Korea gets set to play host to the Olympics...