Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lunchtime, and I was sitting in Elsie's dividing my attention between a Turkey Deluxe and a copy of the Undergraduate Council's divestment referendum. To no one in particular I muttered, "Sure, divestment's all right... the council may as well throw in a good word for it." Then it happened. My Turkey Deluxe and I were knocked to the floor. I rose to confront my assailant, and there it was--the Issue Hyper-Sensitivity Beast...
There wasn't much room left in any of my bags, and I just stood there next to my bed. I'd already packed all the usual stuff, books and tapes and turkey sandwiches...
...honor of the Indians who fed John Harvard's ancestors, and because we can never get enough turkey, The Crimson will not publish again until Monday. Until then, Happy Thanksgiving...
...graphic bits of violence induce fits of laughter instead of a quickening of the pulse. The only notable monologue in the movie is the bad-ass emperor's one-liner: "On your knees, wench, and show me what hath God wrought." Well, Man and not God wrought this turkey, which is possibly the only thing in the universe designed more confusingly than New York City Mass Transit...
Countries frequently stimulate exports by giving grants or loans to foreign governments. A Japanese-led consortium landed a $550 million contract to build a bridge across the Bosporus strait because Japan agreed to give Turkey a 25- year, $205 million loan at 5% interest. A French firm used government financing to close a deal to put up a $160 million fertilizer plant in Thailand...