Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theatrical setting for years. The impact of the People's Theater of Cambridge's current production of Six Twain Tales is not then in the originality of adapting Twain but in the range of emotions the six tales explore. From the wry humor of "Hunting the Deceitful Turkey" to the broad comedy "Mrs. MacWilliams and the Lightening" to the lyricism of life on the raft (before the steamboat intrudes) in that famous nineteenth chapter about Huck and Jim, the People's Theater shows that Twain, like most everyone else, is not as simple as he seems...
...policy." He maintained negotiations with the Soviet Union and in the Middle East. After Nixon resigned, Congress reasserted its authority over the Executive and curbed the Secretary's power to act on his own. Says Indiana's Democratic Congressman John Brademas, who opposed Kissinger on aid to Turkey: "Personally Kissinger is charming and witty, but he does not understand the American system of separation of powers...
...Fogg two exhibits are in progress: Art of Mughal India and Ottoman Turkey (through January 23) and Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque (through January...
Question: Why is the government like a turkey...
...Europe that Kissinger had advocated in 1973, without prior consultation, had outraged the allies. In the oil crisis and embargo of the same year, Kissinger privately described the Europeans as "craven" for failing to stand up to the oil producers. He exacerbated troubled U.S. relations with Greece and Turkey during the Cyprus invasion of 1974. Yet, as the Europeans well-and gratefully-realized, he had boldly assumed the role of U.S. President for foreign policy and symbolized America's steady resolve during a profound domestic crisis. He could threaten, he could promise-and he could deliver. As secret negotiator...