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Word: tigers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...military, and high marks from most observers. His Cabinet, sworn in before his own inauguration, seemed to be both neutral and competent. Selected as Prime Minister was Shin Hyon Hwack, a technocrat and former economic planning chief. The new Defense Minister was General Choo Young Bok, known as "Tiger Choo" to American officers in Seoul, and, curiously, the first South Korean Defense Minister with a knowledge of English good enough for direct communication with U.S. commanders. According to President Choi's earlier promise, the newly installed Cabinet's most important immediate task was supposed to be the preparation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Acting Like Big Brother | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Christmas shopping got you down? Too much tinsel and ticky-tacky? The Chicago area's Brookfield Zoo has the answer: give your loved ones a Siberian tiger, or perhaps a rhinoceros. Under the scheme, the zoo has put up all 2,000 of its animals for "adoption," although they stay in the park. You can make someone a "Brookfield parent," or become one yourself, by donating money to help the hard-pressed zoo keep going. Prices vary. Parental rights, of a sort, to the Siberian tiger go for $1,800 a year; the rhino costs $2,000. Says Joyce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: And a Fish in a Fir Tree | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

HALL OF FAME BOWL: Missouri (6-5) vs. South Carolina (8-3)--This Mizlou spectacular features Tiger QB Phil Bradley and teams with a combined eight losses. Boring. Missouri 30, South Carolina...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Bowling for Scholars | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

While the Educational Testing Service toys with its haywire computer in the Tiger-infested regions of Princeton, N.J., students around the nation are grappling with an ever-increasing pre-law neurosis...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Crazy Kids at ETS | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...Gene Tiger Sykes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANDIDATES FOR CLASS MARSHAL | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

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