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Word: kwon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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Usage:

...Then you can enter," said the policeman, "but I must search you first." He found a pistol which he promptly took. "I have a pistol permit from your own police chief," Kwon shouted. The policeman laughed. "Nobody except us is going to be armed during this raid," he said. "Enter now if you like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Temporary Roof | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...Kwon Sung Yul arrived on routine business. "Go away," growled a policeman. When Kwon tried to pass, a rifle barred his way. He angrily explained he was the country's chief law officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Temporary Roof | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...President Syngman Rhee tried to calm the storm by replacing the Minister of Justice with pistol-toting Prosecutor Kwon, who had got his gun back from the police with an abject apology. But Rhee said that the Assembly committee could only question suspected collaborators and not arrest them. At week's end there was an uneasy truce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Temporary Roof | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

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