Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...National Academy of Sciences [March 8] stressed that so far there is no evidence the substance actually causes addiction. The academy ought to talk to the thousands of everyday users who want to quit. I was one. I know it is very hard to stop either gradually or cold turkey. Now I counsel others-some in tears, grown men weeping, because they realize that it is a one-way ticket down...
...unfortunate and regrettable that in a special advertising section in the Jan. 4 edition of TIME, a map of the eastern Mediterranean portrayed Cyprus as a dismembered country in orange and green, the very same colors used to identify Greece and Turkey. In view of the circumstances, the impression conveyed to the average reader by the advertisement is that the Republic of Cyprus does not have the status of an independent state but is divided between, and is part of each of its two neighbors. This is incompatible with the actual and universally accepted legal situation...
...Nonsmokers should avoid being in smoke-filled rooms." Since the 1964 report, almost 30 million people have managed to give up smoking. "Quitting 'cold turkey' appears to be a more effective strategy than cut ting down without trying to stop entirely," says the report. Surprisingly, 95% of the people who broke the smoking habit did so without the help of organized programs...
...ermine and eagles, soak in private hot tubs and feed resident tame llamas. No sounds of sports cars, chain saws, chairlifts or rock music from après-ski lounges pollute the mountain air. At $75 a day, including instruction, equipment and dinners of prime rib and smoked turkey, the ranch is half the price of similar downhill digs. But half price is only half the reason for the appeal. Ranch Operator Ken Jones says: "Most of our clientele are ex-downhillers. They're here to relax, unwind and get away from the throngs. Gliding through the trees without...
Vermeule, who is widely known for her excavations in Greece. Turkey and Cyprus, will speak on "Greeks and Barbarism: the Classical Experience in the Larger World" in Washington...