Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Government Spokesman Dimitrios Maroudas blandly asserted that Greece had opted out of the maneuver, an exercise focusing on possible invasion routes through Eastern Europe, because "the only threat" to Greece came not from Warsaw Pact nations but from Turkey, the country's traditional enemy to the east. American officials suspected that the announcement might have been triggered by objections from Greek Communists, who are uneasy over the improving relations with the U.S. But because Athens still intends to join in a much larger NATO exercise in October, Greek and foreign observers were prepared to dismiss the sudden demise...
...with Iraq for almost four years, Iran has been either unable or unwilling to launch a land offensive that has been expected since March. Iraq, deprived of its export facilities in the gulf, has been unable to transport enough oil over its remaining outlet via Turkey to meet its quotas under the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Work is expected to begin soon on two pipeline projects, including one that would cut across Jordan to the port of Aqaba, and another that would join with Saudi Arabia's petroline and carry Iraqi oil to the Red Sea port...
...centuries the Kurds have dominated an area that encompasses parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the Soviet Union. They have steadfastly maintained their own language, customs and agrarian life. Modern Kurdish history has consisted largely of the ongoing struggle for some measure of independence from the central authorities of the more powerful states that Kurdistan straddles...
...brick patio overlooking a small, oval swimming pool. His mother, an excellent cook, prepares meals for everyone. By noon of one busy morning, she already had dinner made: a variation on shepherd's pie with layers of potatoes, red onions and scallions, green peas and sautéed turkey, topped by a layer of Jiffy biscuit mix-accompanied, as are most Lewis meals, by corn on the cob and a salad...
...bald eagle-national bird and all that-instead of a golden. The one picked came from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., where it had lived for 22 years virtually without flying. Its name was Bomber, and according to Hoddy, "it looked like a little butterball turkey...