Rhee

American

[ree] / ri /

noun

Syngman 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.

Rhee British

/ riː /

noun

Syngman (ˈsɪŋmən). 1875–1965, Korean statesman, leader of the campaign for independence from Japan; first president of South Korea (1948–60). Popular unrest forced his resignation

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South Korea's first president, Syngman Rhee, elected in 1948, was forced to resign by a popular student-led uprising in 1960, after attempting to extend his term through rigged elections.

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Rhee was forced into exile in Hawaii, where he died in 1965.

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Working with colleagues in the Rhee lab at MSU's Plant Resilience Institute, Prado used custom-built growth chambers to reproduce the desert's harsh light and extreme daily temperature shifts.

From Science Daily

"This is the most heat-tolerant plant ever documented," Rhee said.

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"T. oblongifolia shows us that plants have the capacity to adapt to extreme temperatures," Rhee said.

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