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Word: za (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mobuto Sese Seko Nkuku wa za Banga (just plain Mobuto to his friends)--a man who tortures students for complaining about inflation, a man who throws loyal government ministers in prison for sneezing improperly, a man who likes to watch a good hanging now and then--will speak Thursday at Harvard's very own Institute of Politics on the subject, "Peace and Progress in Southern Africa...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Peace at Any Price? | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...modern nation. When the Belgian Congo became independent in 1960, it renamed itself the Republic of the Congo. Eleven years later, President Joseph Mobutu rechristened it the Republic of Zaire. A year later, he took his policy of "authenticity" personally, renaming himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Nbgendu Wa Za Banga, which means, more or less, "the all-powerful warrior who will go from conquest to conquest trailing fire in his wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany Playing the Name Game | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

Students disagree over whether wings are a better deal than 'za. A two-pound order of the wings costs $4.85 and contains about 20 wings, while a 16-inch cheese pizza runs about $7.00 from Pizza Wheel and Pizza Ring, who also deliver to campus...

Author: By Vindu P. Goel, | Title: Late Night Munchies Never Tasted So Good | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

...They are a big part of our social life," says Deborah Y. Kim, president of ZA, a Wellesley literary society which also regularly sponsors social events...

Author: By Maria L. Crisera, | Title: Mixing Business School and Pleasure | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

...most popular one goes: "hip za zoo za chik-a room ba zoo F. Skiddy Von Stade mister Fu (clap) Man (clap) Chu (clap, clap) teddy roo teddy ra teddy ruddy duddy fuddy duddy sis boom ba Harvard Harvard...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Aqua Antics | 3/12/1985 | See Source »

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