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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea the Tide Keeps Rising | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea the Tide Keeps Rising | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: One Brief Shining Moment | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tax Revolt: A tempest in municipal bonds | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha jr., WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Dartmouth's Woes Continue | 3/15/1986 | See Source »

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