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Word: yuvaniyom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1964-1964
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Usage:

...breeze. Peacock and butterfly kites flutter their iridescent wings; owls roll their eyes, and paper hawks wheel and dive. Thai boys get their first kites about the same age that U.S. youngsters get their first baseball gloves, and most of them dream about growing up to be another Poon Yuvaniyom, who is the closest thing to a Mickey Mantle west of the Mekong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kite Flying: A Man's World | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...Poon Yuvaniyom is strictly a chula devotee, and he is an old hand at outwitting wily females. "I'm a man," he says, "and I like male kites." This year's All-Thailand championships started in the middle of April and went on for two weeks. While vendors hawked spiced fish and chicken in the milling throngs of fans, Poon maneuvered the control ropes of his chula with hands callused by 30 years of kiting. He and his Thailand Telephone Organization team had little trouble winning their third straight national title and the King's Cup-thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kite Flying: A Man's World | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

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