Word: turkishly
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...afterthought. Back in 1942, when the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was unable to pay the taxes on its Mecca Temple, Fiorello La Guardia foreclosed. The place was an unsalable white elephant, a dome-topped edifice built in 1925 and styled in Turkish-bath rococo. La Guardia finally decided to subsidize an opera company to present quality productions at moderate prices. Hungarian-born Conductor Laszlo Halasz was recruited as director, and in 1944 the New York City Opera made its debut with Tosca. It was a shaky start. In Tosca's last...
...least likely to threaten Bond's supremacy is That Man in Istanbul, with Horst Bucholz battling a one-armed villain atop a minaret and performing other improbable feats to rescue a kidnaped scientist. A masquerade in a Turkish bath, long visits with FBI Sexpot Sylva Koscina and a tour of the city cannot save Istanbul. Delivering insouciant asides to the audience brings out the unseasoned ham in Horst...
...TURKEY Volunteers will be members of village mobile teams, operated by the Turkish Ministry of Education, through the Technical Education Directorate. These teams move from village to village on a regular basis, offering courses aimed at uplifting the standard of living by imparting technical skills and inducing self-help programs...
Sort of a sippin' cousin to Greek ouzo or Turkish raki, pastis is a golden thirst quencher from the south of France that combines alcohol, herbs, licorice and anise and is mixed with water; the name in Provencal dialect literally means "mess." More than 350 brands are available, but Frenchmen usually call for a Ricard. As a result, Ricard Inc. has become the biggest aperitif maker in France, last year produced 30.6 million bottles, with sales of $66 million...
...required for a desert war. A similar but more elaborate ruse, involving 15,000 dummy horses and a secret concentration of 35,000 troops and 385 siege guns, set up what was probably the greatest Allied victory of World War I. The siege guns tore a gap in the Turkish lines, and through the gap Allenby hurled 9,000 horsemen. It was the last great cavalry charge in military history. In 36 hours, Allenby destroyed two Turkish armies and captured 80,000 men. Six weeks later, Turkey sued for peace...