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Word: woo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...JUST LISTEN," Ernie said. "Congress decides to woo you back into the fold, and votes you $100 million in food stamps...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: A Shot in the Stark | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...both factions to justify their ideas to the public. While he and his wife attempt to settle down so that he can write, his neighbors try to involve him in their fascist organization, offering him a ministry when the planned revolution is complete. Soon the socialists begin also to woo Somers, with the enticement of editorship of a socialist newspaper. His inner struggle to choose between the two provides Kangaroo with dramatic intensity...

Author: By Jennifer M. Oconnor, | Title: Kangaroo | 5/15/1987 | See Source »

...commending Brinkley, Robert K. Woo '89called the history professor an "educationalperpetual motion machine" who causes his students"to leave the lecture hall feeling not saturated,but fascinated and hungry for more...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: Brinkley, M'Farquhar Get Teaching Honor | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

...clear analysis, vivid descriptions andsuperior lecturing skills aside, this singularability to generate more enthusiasm for learningmakes Professor Brinkley's contribution to hisstudents invaluable," Woo said...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: Brinkley, M'Farquhar Get Teaching Honor | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

That successor is likely to be Roh Tae Woo, another ex-general and currently chairman of the ruling Democratic Justice Party. A former classmate of the President, Roh commanded the Seoul garrison that was instrumental in bringing Chun to office in the military scramble for power that followed the assassination of President Park Chung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea Reforms On Hold | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

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