Word: turkishly
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...conflict be tween two of its members. If NATO contributes positively toward the settlement of the Cyprus question-contributes satisfactorily from Greece's point of view, that is-then it would be possible for Greece to reconsider its stand toward NATO. [The alliance, Caramanlis suggested, must unanimously condemn Turkish aggression, and pressure Turkey to accept less than 40% of Cyprus...
...even harsher rebuke to Ford's leadership, the House voted to cut off further military aid to Turkey. There were mixed reasons for the move: the use of U.S. arms in Turkish attacks on Cyprus; irritation with the Turks over the resumption of poppy planting; pressure from a vocal number of Greek-Americans; and congressional unwillingness to blindly follow Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's recommendations. The Senate had taken the same action, then, under heavy White House arm-twisting, agreed to delay the ban for 60 days. Ford had termed any curtailment "a misguided and extremely harmful...
...religious Jews who marched 5,000 strong into biblical Judea and Samaria for a sitdown strike. The Israeli army managed to hold back all but about 300. One group of religious youths, led by Rabbi Moshe Levinger, made their way into a 500-ft. gorge beside an old Turkish aqueduct to squat there until the army or hunger forced them out. "It is our right as Jews to live here," said Rabbi Levinger. "No secular govern ment has the right to give away what the Torah has said is ours...
...commerical value of the lost antiquities could range from $100,000 to $250,000. The Turkish army has now sealed the excavation building to prevent further looting...
...official report from the Turkish Antiquities Service in Ankara is due to arrive here on Monday...