Word: turks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...settlement was a containment," Ramseur said. "We found a way of keeping them at bay," Michael Turk, a tenant, said...
...Turk said Harvard Real Estate treated us like "peons." Daniel Polvere, attorney for Harvard Real Estate, said at the examiner's hearing that he found meetings with tenants "distasteful." And Jack Feeney, a former superintendent for the buildings, reportedly told a tenant that Hunneman asked him "not to talk with residents...
...next performer, a onetime professional carpet layer named Turk Johnson is more exotic. Dressed as Star Wars' Darth Vader-complete with mask and laser sword-Johnson, 32, not only wriggles out of his elaborate costume but along the way he also executes a ribald torch dance, pours flaming alcohol over his body, swallows a lighted torch and twirls sparklers. The third and final ecdysiast is Larry Slade, 32, who once worked as a bodyguard for the pianist Liberace. To feminine cries of "Take it off, take it all off!" Slade slowly peels away his tight black outfit and then...
...Devaluation should restore Turkey's credit with the international banking community, clear the way for billions more in aid, and improve the country's balance of payments by making its exports more competitive. But the move will make life even more miserable than ever for the average Turk, who must cope with an annual inflation rate of anywhere from 60% to 80%, and chronic shortages of everything from bread and coffee to fertilizer...
...Midnight Express" is nothing less than the continuation of the centuries-old misconception of the "terrible Turk...