Word: korean
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pity the boys who go to war; pity the men who can't. For Clell Hazard (James Caan), the Korean glory days are only medals and memories. Now it is 1968, and instead of preparing G.I.s for Viet Nam, he leads an honor guard at Arlington National Cemetery. All show, no go. But in Private First Class Jackie Willow (D.B. Sweeney), Clell can see a surrogate son and his best younger self. He knows Jackie will shine in war or go down in flames -- an epitaph for Icarus. Alas, Gardens of Stone goes down in smoke; unlike other, more delirious...
...South Korean leader made his long-awaited choice of a successor before a dinner at Blue House, the presidential residence, attended by the 29-member central executive committee of the D.J.P. Though party officials burst into cheers, the President's own praise of his designated successor was understated. Chun said merely that Roh would make a good President because he is "knowledgeable in security affairs and has wide experience in national administration...
Yonhap, the Korean news agency, reported clashes in at least 11 provincial cities and said a number of police stations and government offices had been firebombed by protesters. The agency gave no details on casualties...
...townies were spoiling for a fight," he says. He remembers bailing himself out that night with his $25 weekly allowance, and says the one effect the Pogo Riot has had on his life is that his arrest record delayed his being drafted into the Korean...
WORLD: South Korean students erupt...