Word: tong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doused himself with kerosene and paint thinner. Shouting "Out with U.S. imperialism!" and "Out with police!" Lee Tong Soo, 22, a freshman at Seoul National University, set himself on fire and then jumped to his death from the roof of a school building...
Many former Saigonites have been forcibly turned into farmers. In the new economic zone near Ho Chi Minh City, some 1,700 people, mostly urban exiles, have built the Nhi Xuan (Two Springs) communal fruit farm. "They were unruly when they came here," says Farm Official Nguyen Duy Tong. "We educate them. We teach them to realize the tasks they must do. We can do that. It is the character of our society...
Former South Vietnamese President Thieu remains "disillusioned," as a former government colleague puts it, over the U.S. refusal to rescue his collapsing government. Thieu, 62, lives quietly somewhere near London, but his seclusion has fostered resentment among Britain's 15,000 Vietnamese emigres. Says Tong Van Tran, head of London's Vietnamese Refugee Committee: "Thieu transferred a lot of money from South Viet Nam. But he hasn't helped, even one pence...
...becoming Reagan's in-house foreign policy adviser, insiders doubt that such a strong personality could coexist with Regan. Predicts one White House aide: "If somebody like Kirkpatrick is brought in here and tries to carve out an empire of her own, she'll find herself in the ultimate tong war." Regan has already hinted privately that he would fight any Kirkpatrick move into a White House...
...only eight years ago that John Moody, lacking the money to buy a conventional light plane, put a go-cart engine on a hang glider and putt-putted 300 yds. through the air. Moody, now a Kansasville, Wis., ultralight-plane dealer, started a fad that last month took Joe Tong of Lecompton, Kans., through the amazed heavens from California to New York. Tong's 250-lb. ultralight plane made the trip in a record 18 days. But Tong was not fast enough to escape arrest for a bad check he had dropped in Grand Rapids, Minn., during the trip...