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Word: sak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Saukham Khoy fled Cambodia along with the U.S. diplomats, Long Boret announced a three-month suspension of the National Assembly and the creation of a seven-man "Revolutionary Committee," headed by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sak Suthsakham, to rule the country. The committee offered the rebels a cease-fire if they would permit national elections to determine the future government of the country. The insurgents ignored the proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: THE LAST DAYS OF PHNOM-PENH | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

...commander in chief, Lieut. General Sosthene Fernandez, who is hated both for his corruption (his army payroll is inflated with fake names) and for refusing to take orders from the National Assembly. At the presidential palace, Lon Nol threw a champagne party for Fernandez and his successor, Lieut. General Sak Sutsakhan. Fernandez wept and kissed the national flag as the green-and-red sash of the Grand Cross was placed over his shoulders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Cambodia: Before the Fall | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

...SACC and SAK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Agonies of Acronymania | 7/20/1970 | See Source »

Even the Strategic Air Command must compete with other SACs, from sprayed acoustical ceiling to the Society of the Catholic Apostolate-not to mention SACC (either Supplemental Air Carrier Conference or Supporting Arms Coordination Center) and SAK (a Finnish trade union confederation called Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskuslitto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Agonies of Acronymania | 7/20/1970 | See Source »

...Sporadic looting and burning continued during the evening. Demonstrators shattered all the ground floor windows in Holyoke Center and looted Sak's Fifth Avenue, the Harvard Provision Co., and the Derby Jeweler...

Author: By Garrett Epps and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Rioting Devastates Harvard Square; Windows Smashed, Scores Injured | 4/16/1970 | See Source »

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