Word: woos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rural cemetery outside the southern city of Kwangju, a chilly drizzle fell on the 100 identical gray tombstones. As a pair of women sobbed quietly, Kim Young Sam and Lee Min Woo, two of South Korea's foremost opposition leaders, entered the cemetery and solemnly laid a wreath beside the graves. The women's keening rose in a crescendo. For a moment, the visitors stood together in silence, recalling the hundreds killed by government troops in Kwangju after a student uprising six years...
...hands of the government, does not command such public sympathy. As a protest against his colleague's political banning, he too refused for a long time to join the N.K.D.P. With both Kims working behind the scenes, the party fell into the less commanding hands of Lee Min Woo...
...Steve Dines, a self-proclaimed MSU alumnus emeritus, expressed himself eloquently: "As the great Darryl Dawkins once said, `When it's all said and done, there's nothing left to do or say.' Well I say, `Woo, woo...
...other firms temporarily shut down their municipal-bond operations. New York City officials, citing "chaotic market conditions," postponed a $450 million bond sale. Chicago's finance officers put a hold on a $50 million offering, fearing they would have to pay an extra 1.5% to 2% interest to woo jittery investors. Said John Noonan, a manager at John Nuveen & Co., the Chicago municipal-bond firm: "Packwood didn't know what the proposal would do to the markets. Now he knows...
Despite the drop in applicants from 400 in 1985 to 300 this year, Dartmouth will not enroll fewer Black students, officials say. The admissions office will institute a "more energetic follow-up procedure" to woo prospective Black students, Dean of Admissions Alfred Quirk told The Dartmouth...