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Word: turkeys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...California by his parents, says, "The student body here has been every bit as influential as any of my classes, possibly more influential." His brother Drew, also educated at home, is a freshman this fall. Among Drew's arriving classmates will be Horia Mocanu, who fled Rumania to Turkey with his family in a small boat, taught himself English and, after his U.S. arrival in 1982, earned straight A's at a Cleveland high school, became editor of the paper, founded a chess club and set up an alliance of area high school newspapers. Frederick Rudolph, emeritus professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Happy Birthday, Fair Harvard! | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

ISTANBUL, Turkey--Two Arab terrorists stormed Istanbul's main synagogue yesterday, killing 21 worshipers and wounding four with submachine-gun fire before blowing themselves up with hand grenades, officials said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrorists Storm Turkish Synagogue; 21 Worshippers Die in Suicide Attack | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...When the shooting began, we all threw ourselves on the floor," 17-year-old Rafi Saul told Anatolia, Turkey's official news agency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrorists Storm Turkish Synagogue; 21 Worshippers Die in Suicide Attack | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...Washington, State Department spokesman Bruce Ammerman said seven rabbis were reported among the dead and that Istanbul's chief rabbi, David Asseo, reportedly was wounded. Ammerman said U.S. authorities in Turkey were trying to determine if any Americans were killed or wounded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrorists Storm Turkish Synagogue; 21 Worshippers Die in Suicide Attack | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...word with an apparently innocent but actually murderous modifier. "She is still pretty," for instance, means, "She is long in the tooth" or "Good grief! Is she still around?" Other useful adjectives include "crusty" (obnoxious), "unpredictable" (bonkers), "experienced" (ancient) and "small but well-financed" (don't invest in this turkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Journalese: a Ground-Breaking Study | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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