Word: tak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...islands, some 200 rocky outcroppings barely suitable for the chief local industry, sheep raising, hardly seemed worth the effort. But for nearly 150 years they have been the focus of controversy between Britain and Argentina. The main island grouping, the Falklands, was discovered by the British in 1 592, tak en over by the Spanish in 1770 and reclaimed as a crown colony in 1833. Ever since Argentina won its independence from Spain in 1816, it has claimed the islands, even though the 1,700 Falkland residents today are overwhelmingly English-speaking British subjects...
...effect have given them a status close to citizenship. For six days they will undergo health examinations. Then they will be placed in the Jubilee Reception Center, where all refugees must be processed before going off to any of four camps: Argyle 3 and 4, or Kai Tak East and North. Like the Jubilee center, all are located on Kowloon Peninsula. In the camps the children will go to school, kill time, and wait for a sign from France, England or America...
...target of Chun's current and most ambitious crusade is what many Koreans call saba-saba, (or cheung tak). They refer to the endemic tissue of favoritism, cronyism and influence peddling that pervades the country's business and political life. Chun kicked off the drive at the opening of the newly elected National Assembly earlier this month, where he denounced politicians for "engaging in cunning maneuvers to curry favor with voters." He also made sure that members of his Cabinet, including Prime Minister Nam Duck Woo, were the first to take the patriotic pledge...
...Syrians, who have always tak en a proprietary interest in neighboring Lebanon, still have 22,000 peace-keeping troops in the country. Most of the Syrian soldiers are in predominantly Muslim sectors, and Damascus has tended to support the Muslim-Palestinian cause. Syria also arms and trains one of the main P.L.O. guerrilla groups, Saiqa...