Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...area on the southern coast. The protests were aroused by a decision to move 10,000 Turkish refugees out of the British bases where most of them have been sheltered since they fled their homes during Cyprus' civil war last summer. The refugees are to be flown to Turkey; from there the Ankara government will resettle them in areas of northern Cyprus now held by Turks. Greek Cypriot protests that the resettlement will reinforce the de facto partitioning of the island went unheeded. Even as the demonstrators rioted, the first planeload of refugees flew out of Akrotiri for Turkey...
...said: "If they don't like my menu, I may be back with some tough turkey...
...Viet Nam, a request that will be met in Congress with hot resistance or icy indifference. But Ford's persuasive powers with the legislative branch may prove useful. By buttonholing senior Senators last month, he was able to persuade them to extend the cutoff date for military aid to Turkey...
...Crop. The downtrend of 1973 was a result of Turkey's ban on the cultivation of the opium-poppy plant, which had been the source of 80% of the heroin in the U.S. But last July Turkey lifted the prohibition. Growers planted a new crop this fall for harvest next June...
...national unemployment rate reaches 24 per cent, President Ford announces that "Prosperity is just around the...uh..." but quickly recovers, calling for "a turkey tetrazzini in every pot." Bok lays off all teaching fellows, Native Americans, professors with foreign accents, and "to be fair," Harvard employees with Spanish surnames...