Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alexander Diomedes. Tsaldaris insisted on an all-Populist cabinet with himself as Premier and for a while it looked as though he would have his way. One evening last week, all the cabinet candidates, immaculate in grey ties and white shirts, were assembled in Tsaldaris' living room, drinking Turkish coffee and waiting for a phone call from the King to summon them to the swearing-in ceremony...
...Wildenstein Gallery in Paris steamed like a Turkish bath as some 1,700 visitors crowded in for a peek at the modern French Christmas pictures on the walls...
...students, including the young son of a Soviet citizen, stepped forward to repeat the pledge in their native languages. They were: American, Armenian, British, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Iranian, Iraqi, Israeli, Lebanese, Nicaraguan, Pakistan, Polish, Rumanian, Russian, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian, Turkish and Yugoslav...
...Turkish players entered the referee's dressing room. One made as if to shake the referee's hand, then socked him. Other Turks tried to beat up Italian players. Still mad, they wrecked their Athens hotel before leaving for Turkey, where the whole Turkish nation got into the fight. The Turkish ambassador called on the Greek foreign minister to protest. There were street demonstrations in Istanbul demanding the return of Cyprus, the Dodecanese and Dedeagach...
...Turkish poster sneered at Turkey's onetime Greek subjects: "You can all throw yourselves from the Acropolis rock, but you cannot beat those who were your masters for over 500 years...