Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...November, ministers from the U.S., Canada, Japan, all members of the Common Market (except France), four other European nations and Turkey signed an agreement to form the International Energy Agency, which Henry Kissinger had proposed. Provided their legislatures approve, each member would build up a stockpile of oil equal to 90 days of imports; if any OPEC members embargo oil or reduce shipments, the IEA nations would reduce consumption and later share what they have with one another. The IEA agreement will soon come up before Congress, which would do well to approve...
...Spain, Turkey and Yugoslavia...
...Cyprus, only a fragile cease-fire separates angry Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Though the situation is considerably defused, Greece and Turkey are deeply suspicious of each other's intentions on the island. Both countries maintain large military forces along their common border...
...Asia, Indonesia, South Korea and the Philippines all get poor marks. In Europe, IPI applauds the arrival of press liberty in Turkey, Greece and Portugal, sees some liberalization in Yugoslavia, but no change in Spain. As for the Soviet bloc countries, IPI simply says freedom of the press does not exist there...
Jean Mayer, professor of Nutrition, expresses anger at student opposition to meatless days, and orders the Food Services Department to serve turkey tetrazzini every day for a month, "to break them." Half a million teamsters and Mayer are laid off. Bok announces that Sen. Peter I. Dominick (R-Colo.), "an expert on Third World nutrition," will fill Mayer's chair...