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Word: ka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe in talking out problems between Japan and the U.S. But the Foreign Ministry, which sets the tone for negotiations, must stand firm in expressing Japan's position. For example, the U.S. claims that our keiretsu-ka ((vertical integration)) of banks and other financial institutions is outrageous. I don't agree. It's an idiosyncrasy of the Japanese economy. But unless we make the structure of keiretsu-ka clear to all, the Japanese market remains very unfair to people who come from abroad to do business in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideas: Teaching Japan to Say No | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...even tell what sex it is." Her husband Matt and son Matthew, 8, could not care less about a crab's sex. With a devilish grin, Matthew places a roll of firecrackers under a hollow crab shell and steps away as his father lights the fuse. Ka-boom! That's one way to clear the beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Jersey Shoreline | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

Hong Kong families brought more than $689 million with them, mostly to Vancouver. Other Hong Kong investors have poured millions into the city, a surge that was dramatized a year ago, when the choice 204-acre site of Expo 86 was sold for $260 million to Li Ka-shing, patriarch of one of Hong Kong's biggest trading families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada Prosperity and Parochialism | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

Last month, the Democrats spent a week ridiculing George Bush. Now its the Republicans turn to mock Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and the Democrats. For $5.95 Republicans can bring home "an authentic Democratic voodoo doll." Or a "Du-ka-ka Happens" T-shirt...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Grand Old Party Parties | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

David recalls what happened next: "Then this big buck come up there, and Dad goes, 'David, there's a buck!' And he just threw his gun up there and he went ka-pow! He got him. He's layin' there kickin', and Dad goes, 'Shoot there!' And I put a bullet in the gun and I go boom! And the bullet hits the dirt. I go, 'I think I missed it.' I put another one in there and I aim again. Ka-pow! I say, 'Dad, I think I missed again.' We went down there, and it stopped kickin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: David, West Virginia | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

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