Word: seng
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Seng (see above photograph) has survived quite well for someone who, when he escaped into Thailand two years ago, was nearly dead from malnutrition. His father, a doctor, was killed by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge soldiers. The policies of the Khmer Rouge included the execution of Cambodian intellectuals. Kim Seng watched his father being taken away in a helicopter, and for a long time in the refugee camp at Khao I Dang, all he drew were pictures of helicopters...
Panic began rippling through world money. In Hong Kong, the widely watched Hang Seng index plunged a staggering 7.8%. By the time brokers arrived for work in London, they were facing mountains of sell orders. No sooner did trading begin at 9:30 a.m. than the exchange's ticker, traditionally a paradigm of understatement, burst forth with news of "widespread and indiscriminate price-slashing." Said a broker as the sell orders piled up and the share prices plunged: "It's like a free fall without a parachute." By the end of the morning, the Financial Times...