Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...night there was a flurry of concern when the President was told that Begin had gone to the Egyptian embassy to see Sadat about some agreements still not made. But soon word came that the two men had worked out the problem of how and when Israel was to turn back the Sinai oilfields to Egypt...
...clique" and accused China of using "gas" against Vietnamese hiding in caves during the war. "What kind of gas?" asked a reporter. "Poison gas," came the angry and loud reply. At this point pandemonium broke out. A Chinese officer jumped up and bellowed something at the interpreter, who in turn shouted at the Vietnamese sergeant. The reporters were quickly ushered out of the room...
...personal dislike of the company's chairman, but readily admits that "I'm anti-Establishment when it comes to people like Ford." With his great power, Cohn says, Henry Ford "represents an era of American business that supposedly went out of style with the turn of the century." Cohn's suit was brought on behalf of a handful of stockholders. The suit charges, among other things, that Henry Ford, who scarcely needs money: 1) pocketed $2 million from the "highest officials of the Philippines government" in exchange for building a stamping plant in the islands...
...coach, however, took the turn-around more seriously. "The only other time the two boats have worked against each other, the varsity was clearly better. This time the J.V. were clearly better. I just don't know what to do right now, I'll have to think about it this coming week...
...inclined her head towards me and said pointedly in voice too loud for the tiny room, "And you for example, your people wouldn't have been able to come to Harvard three or four generations ago..." The less sophisticated members of the group couldn't resist the impulse to turn and look at me, the only black in a room of fifteen people. I found myself suddenly developing an obsessive interest in my shoes, as my face flamed with embarrassment, which quickly modulated to disillusionment, and then to disgust...