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Word: koreas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walker traded in his football uniform for an enlisted man's fatigues and within a year he found himself about as far from South Carolina as you can get--South Korea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: West Point's Big Gun | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...last night, I was scared of the Army. I was scared of a soldier named Gerald Walker, a soldier who was serving his country in Korea when he got a call from West Point. A soldier who romped for 172 yards last week against Brown. He romped for even more in my dream...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Soldiers in the Night | 10/3/1981 | See Source »

...related his reunion in China with an older brother who had been in this country for 40 years. Yao told his brother he had been to Korea, that he had fought in the war for China. His brother responded that he too had been to Korea, but he had fought in an American uniform. "We had a lot to talk about," Yao told the suddenly hushed audience...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: IOP Fellows Recall Political Careers | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

...grade--and then the Second World War interrupted Kelleher's scholarly career. After a stint in the quartermaster corps, he was assigned to the Pentagon and military intelligence, which thought it needed an expert in Ireland. "They soon decided they didn't, and so I was switched to the Korea desk. I comforted myself with the thought that Korea must be the Ireland of Asia," he says...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Love of the Irish | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...sign up before people started turning in." Before long, billboards sprouted along the highways in every direction; someone once counted 53 along a 45-mile stretch. G.I.s tacked up Wall Drug signs as they made their way through Europe in World War II. The same thing happened in Korea and Viet Nam. The store is covered with photographs of tourists, soldiers and scientists displaying Wall Drug signs everywhere from Antarctica to the Taj Mahal. The drugstore has even paid for advertising signs in Amsterdam, Paris and London. In the end, all these signs produce enough curiosity to attract even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: Buffalo Burgers at Wall Drug | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

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