Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outcome alarmed partisans of democracy and NATO strategists, who are already concerned about Portugal's continuing drift toward left-wing authoritarianism (see following story). When added to NATO's uncertainty over the future roles of Greece and Turkey as a result of the Cyprus crisis, the Italian vote portended troubles for the alliance's whole southern tier...
Coppola says he is committing $1 million to the rebuilding of City, in addition to the $500,000 he lost in its previous manifestation. He promises to keep the magazine going for a year and then reassess his commitment. "If it's a total turkey, I'll close it," he says. But for Coppola, who also owns a San Francisco theater, FM radio station and various other local enterprises and real estate, City is a reaffirmation of both his affection for San Francisco and his imaginative megalomania. "I don't know if all my ideas for City...
...Richard Dreyfuss, 26, took his part "with misgivings." He had dark suspicions, in fact, that Jaws would turn out to be "the turkey of the year." Boyish, eternally energized, Dreyfuss likes to talk politics. He registered as a C.O. during the Viet Nam War, and seasons his conversation with references to George Orwell and Richard Hofstadter...
Makarios adamantly supports Cypriot identity devoid of ties with Greece or Turkey. Whenever disputes have arisen between the two communities on Cyprus in the past, he has spurned foreign mediation and turned to the U.N., even though its methods have not always been decisive...
AMERICAN INDIFFERENCE to Turkey's order for "peacekeeping" in Cyprus prompted Greek President Caramanlis to end the home-port arrangement for the Sixth Fleet at Eleusis and to close an American air base. By tempering Greek associations with NATO he strengthened his domestic standing, as the U.S. is unpopular in Greece. Kissinger is despised for his support of repressive regimes in Greece. Chile, Vietnam, Cyprus...and Vice President Rockefeller is ridiculed, at least since his foolish slur in response to a serious question. When asked how he would feel if he were Greek and Turkey used U.S. supplied weapons against...