Word: horned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teaching took five years; then abruptly he switched from precept to fiat. He gave civil servants three months to master the new script-or find new jobs. He had not been to Istanbul since 1919; now he returned in style and with a purpose. He sailed into the Golden Horn on the Sultan's yacht, triumphantly marched past cheering crowds. He summoned Istanbul's elite to the Sultan's palace to a ball, and stood before them in full evening dress on a raised platform, chalk in hand, before a blackboard. For two hours he explained...
...will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way," Ataturk had said. "Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done." On his bronze statue overlooking the Golden Horn is another message to his people: "Turk! Be proud, hardworking and self-reliant...
Other eye-catchers: stainless-steel flatware, handles merging smoothly into tines and blades ($1.40 a fork); a Danish salad fork and spoon set of black, polished horn ($5); a pair of handwoven, Japanese bamboo scoops, for crackers or nuts ($1) ; a green-and-red curtain fabric with a stained-glass window design ($9 a yd.); a handy, steel portable fireplace...
...might as well do so at home. Instead of having their boys hanging around the local pool hall, they installed a pool table of their own. On Sunday evenings the family gathered for a weekly concert, with mother at the piano, the boys playing the clarinet, flute and French horn, and father McElroy singing...
...goofed!! . . . Give credit to Pete's horn. It's the most...