Word: pook
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first prize. Not since the night in 1960 when Thailand's Pone Kingpetch became flyweight champion of the world had there been such rejoicing in Bangkok. Radios blared, horns honked, and the queen pronounced herself "delighted" as bulletins flashed from Miami Beach that a Thai girl once nicknamed Pook (Fatty), raven-haired Apasra Hongsakula, 18, had been voted Miss Universe. Queen Sirikit, herself a famous beauty, had fussed with Pook before the contest, marching her up and down the palace halls to watch her posture. When it was all over, Pook (35-22-35) paraded into New York City...
...softest, roundest and loveliest of Thais is a girl named Abhasra Hong-skul, 17, who goes by the nickname of "Pook"-which in Siamese means soft, round and lovely. That at least was the decision in Bangkok last week where Pook was proclaimed Miss Thailand of 1964. Drums rolled, bugles blared, balloons soared madly into a velvet sky, and the commanding general of Thailand's First Army announced in martial tones the winner of the coveted gold cup. But the exuberant Bangkok crowds were cheering much more than a one time drum majorette who packs 116 Ibs. into...
...both politically and economically. A "constituent assembly" is currently drafting a new constitution, and Thanom is planning to hold parliamentary elections some time next year to set up a new civilian regime. Whatever the election outcome, to most Thais the voting will be an anticlimax after the election of Pook...
...heartened to see your article on the Pook's Hill Interchange [Oct. 30]. As an everyday commuter along this route, I am gratified to know that I am not the only driver confounded, cantankerous and confused about this ineptness and lack of forethought of highway planning. If the pile-ups at the U-turns continue, it'll be "Spook's Hill" instead of Pook's Hill. In all of this mess of spaghetti, they produced a heck of a meatball. DAVID M. DEANS Rockeville...
...heartened to see your article on the Pook's Hill Interchange [Oct. 30]. As an everyday commuter along this route, I am gratified to know that I am not the only driver confounded, cantankerous and confused about this ineptness and lack of forethought of highway planning. If the pile-ups at the U-turns continue, it'll be "Spook's Hill" instead of Pook's Hill. In all of this mess of spaghetti, they produced a heck of a meatball...