Word: korn
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...plays the Thaksin card, the rival Democrats point to their record in ruling Thailand after two previous crises: the bloody military crackdown on democracy protesters in 1992, and the regionwide economic crash five years later. "We restored political calm and laid the ground for economic recovery," says Korn Chatikavanij, the party's deputy secretary general. "Our record in government is solid." Democrats are also banking on Abhisit Vejjajiva, 43, their fresh-faced, Oxford-educated leader. Abhisit is clearly Prime Ministerial material, but remains untested in high public office and is said to lack the common touch. Samak dismisses Abhisit...
Frustrated by its monopoly on Republican politics at Harvard, Korn fought for a more centrist voice on campus and created an entirely separate group called the Eisenhower Republican Club...
...Eisenhower Club did not last very long, however, and when Korn became too absorbed by his senior thesis, the club shut down...
Fifty years later, Korn believes the issue of party identity is just as important...
...It’s interesting because surely we see the same struggle in both parties today—is there a center?” Korn said in an interview. “What happened to the center in America...