Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George M.A. Hanfmann, Hudson Professor of Archaeology Emeritus, led an interdisciplinary expedition to Sardis. At the time, above ground remains were spectacular at the neighboring archaeological sites of Ephesus and Bodrum in Turkey, Petra in Jordan, and Palmyra in Syria, while those at Sardis were generally deemed undistinguished...
...should "contain" the U.S.S.R. by countering Soviet pressure at crisis spots around the globe. But Kennan later denied paternity of any "containment" strategy. It was President Harry Truman who made it the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. In requesting $400 million in military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey, which were threatened by Communist expansion in 1947, he boldly affirmed the Truman Doctrine: the U.S. was prepared "to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." The Truman Administration also provided more than $13 billion in economic assistance to the nations...
...Cyprus "green line" should be an international border, with the Greek part united with Greece and the Turkish part united with Turkey. Cyprus is not a nation and does not want...
Almost ten years have passed since the Turks invaded Cyprus. The U.N. has passed numerous resolutions condemning Turkey's actions and demanding the withdrawal of its troops, but to no avail. Unfortunately, no nation is willing to pressure Turkey into removing its forces, which would allow the Cypriots to rebuild their war-weary island...
...four women who boarded Aeroflot Flight 6833 to Leningrad were members of a wedding party, though elopement seemed more on their minds. Not long after the plane left the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, about 85 miles from the Turkish border, the group ordered the pilot to fly to Turkey. Instead, the captain alerted ground control and flew in circles around the airport at Tbilisi before finally touching down there. Throughout the afternoon and night, the plane sat on the tarmac while the hijackers demanded that it be refueled. Meanwhile, a crack antiterrorist squad was brought in from Moscow...