Word: turkeys
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Rhodes remained an Ottoman stronghold for centuries, but the winds of fortune and war refuse to allow anyone to possess the island permanently. Today it is part of Greece, but that, too, may change. Rhodes is situated on the Turkish coast, and in the event of war between Turkey and Greece, unfortunately a likely possibility, it will be a prime target for the Turks along with Cyprus, the real focus of the dispute...
Greece's Premier Constantine Karamanlis has steadfastly kept his distance from Cyprus since an attempted putsch against Makarios by the military junta that preceded him, but in Athens last week the government sympathetically declared six days of mourning. In Turkey, the new government of Premier Suleyman Demirel tactfully decided neither to gloat nor to salute his adversary. Most Turks, however, agreed with an Ankara grocer who declared that "God has finally heard our prayers...
...given this land, from the river of Egypt [probably not the Nile, but the Wadi el Arish in the Sinai] unto the great river, the great river Euphrates." If modern Israel claimed this vast expanse, it would include not only Damascus and much of modern Syria but parts of Turkey...
...priorities, he said, would be restoring law-and-order and patching up the ailing economy. He intends to push for wage restraints, less generous commodity subsidies and increased export production. As for his law-and-order promises, Ecevit raised a few eyebrows by saying that he planned to legalize Turkey's small Communist Party (perhaps 2,000 members) by introducing legislation to repeal penal-code provisions that outlaw "class struggle." He also promised to seek a political amnesty, "since we don't accept the principle of crimes of opinion." Ecevit carefully exempted crimes of violence, however...
...appreciation of the delicacies that sizzle on his grills. This fall he will start a promotion campaign to make Weber a grill for all seasons-catering not only to the summer chef but also to the diehard, if sometimes frostbitten, barbecue aficionado's Thanksgiving or Christmas roast turkey...