Word: shin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Opponents have found it unhealthy to defy Rhee and his machine; some have been beaten up or jailed; others have decided to withdraw. This year, seeking a third term, Rhee faced a man who also fought the Japanese and was not afraid of fighting Syngman Rhee: P. H. Shinicky (Shin Ikhi), a longtime critic of Rhee in the National Assembly. Rhee, confident of victory, has not even bothered to campaign for next week's election...
Died. P. H. Shinicky (real name: Shin Ikhi), 62, bitter political foe and chief opponent of 81-year-old Syngman Rhee in South Korea's forthcoming (May 15) elections; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Iri, South Korea (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...served in North Africa and Italy, reached the rank of major. He covered the Korean war for the Daily Telegraph, managed to rub most of his fellow correspondents the wrong way until the day he returned from a patrol action with a half-dollar-sized shrapnel hole in his shin and coolly dictated a dispatch...
...Shin. Threat of war with Moslem Egypt has re-emphasized for Israel the martial aspect of Hanukkah, but the miraculous rededication of the temple is not forgotten. Wherever families gather for the lighting of the first candle, the ancient blessing is heard: "During all eight days of Hanukkah, these lights are sacred, neither is it permitted us to make any profane use of them, but only to look at them in order that we may give thanks unto Thy name for Thy miracles, Thy deliverances and Thy wonders." On sidewalks and playgrounds, children are still playing with their dredel...
...powdered rhinoceros horn a powerful aphrodisiac (it is not), and will pay $2,500 for a single horn. Other parts of the animal, too have honored places in the Asian pharmacopoeia. Cups made of rhino horn detect poison by shattering to bits or by making the poison bubble. Rhino shin is good for leg trouble; the hip cures female disorders. Even the dung is beneficial for skin ailments...