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Word: outbrink (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...plotting," and popular Defense Minister Semi Ergin resigned, apparently in protest against the arrests. (His successor: Ethem Menderes, no kin.) Foreigners watch Adnan Menderes' headlong economic rush, and wait unhappily for the day of reckoning. "Menderes is a master brinksman," says one U.S. observer, "and somebody has to outbrink him sooner or later." Even Menderes himself once moodily remarked: "You know, I'm the kind that prefers a fast, flashy sports car with all its risks to a slow, safe passenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: The Impatient Builder | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

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