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A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.

Irish Proverb

It is good and reassuring that the system in Turkey is able to detect cases consistent with the disease, but it is premature to say these are human cases of avian flu.

Mike Ryan

In the future Turkey will be even more important for Europe.

Guenter Verheugen

Turkey does not need 8-10 years to conclude negotiations, particularly close technical matters.

Ali Babacan

I don't need to wait for someone to tell me it's a holiday or a day to eat turkey. I eat turkey almost every day. I don't need to wait to buy something for someone.

Julio Franco

The ship should have been stopped. And especially when it got to Turkey. The whole ship should have been shut down and had it as a crime scene, because it was a crime scene. It was a murder. And they had a two hour investigation. And then they set sail on time.

Maureen Smith

Our aim is to set Turkey fast back to the growth that it deserves.

Kemal Dervis

I think it's important to remember [their] security is owed, in large part, to what Turkey has done for them.

Faruk Logoglu

Confirmation that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Turkey and that avian influenza is now also in Romania is of concern. It shows that there is a risk to the U.K. and this is a developing situation, which we are monitoring closely.

Debby Reynolds

The secretary-general welcomes the initiative of the British Foreign Secretary, H.E. Mr. Jack Straw, to undertake a mission to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey this week.

Stephanie Dujarric

A retired gentleman called and said he was going to cook Thanksgiving for his ex-fiancée, who was from 30 years ago, ... They were rekindling over turkey dinner and he hadn't really cooked before.

Carol Miller

Central Europe, where more good news is priced in, may lag Russia and Turkey.

Jerome Booth

There is not a proper debate on Europe in Turkey. It has become taboo to criticize the EU. The Istanbul elite sell the EU, while the rural part of the country has little understanding of what joining the bloc really means.

Burak Turna

It'd be nice to get a couple warmup throws, but I went out there cold-turkey. And that's what a backup needs to do - be ready at any time. On this team, with Brett Favre in charge, that doesn't happen much, but if I am the No. 2 guy, I'll definitely be ready.

Aaron Rodgers

The AXA and New York Life settlements are important building blocks not only toward seeking financial recovery for the losses resulting from the Armenian Genocide but also in our ultimate goal, which is for Turkey and the US to officially acknowledge the genocide.

Mark Geragos

If you go the route of using a range finder, don't make the mistake of trying it out for the first time when you're turkey hunting. A little pre-season preparation at home will go a long way toward success later.

Rob Keck

The fear is that the tension will result in new elections and Turkey won't be able to put in a strong anti-inflation program.

Anne Mills

We has a very, very dry winter. This year's (Rio Grande) turkey production is going to be down.

T. Wayne Schwertner

It's poised to be the America Online for Turkey. They've realized the person who buys TVs is also the person who's going to buy a computer and go on the Internet.

Alfredo Viegas

Turkey is seeing a fatality rate of 20 percent which is lower than the fatality rate observed in Asia, which was around 58 percent.

Cristiana Salvi

She got pregnant with Christopher and went cold turkey without drugs for more than 20 years.

Jackie Hyden

It seems that the epidemic has been spreading among animals in Turkey for much longer than believed.

Klaus Stoehr

But it's not clear yet whether Turkey sees this role as a supplement or alternative to EU membership.

Heinz Kramer

[Dehydrated food is flying off the shelves, with customers paying $5.50 for shiny pouches of spaghetti marinara with mushrooms or $4.30 for turkey tetrazzini.] It's hard for us to keep it on the shelf, ... One customer wanted to buy $500 worth of dehydrated food.

Bruce Hamilton

A two-pound turkey and a fifty-pound cranberry - that's Thanksgiving dinner at Three-Mile Island.

Johnny Carson

I believe that in this way (Turkey and the Kurds) can come to the stage of consensus and dialogue for a democratic solution.

Abdullah Ocalan

The most common form of multistory building in Turkey (is) what we call a concrete frame.

Jim Malley

If he has some concerns about Turkey entering the EU, perhaps Muslim leaders from around the world can sit with him and try and allay some of his concerns. But I think the attitude, the basic attitude of respect and tolerance is one that we hope to see from the new pope.

Ibrahim Hooper

Turkey does not have a bridge through tradition with Christian Europe, and therefore it should be part of the Arabian bloc ... What has made Europe great has been Jesus Christ.

Joseph Fessio

There is interest in Kuwait and Iran regarding cooperation on the issue of restoration, as the dried marshes adversely affects all three of those countries and others on the [Persian] Gulf. Turkey and Syria need to also be engaged to help in the management of the water resources of the entire basin.

Azzam Alwash

Say what you will about pro athletes holding out for more money. Most shouldn't do it, but you've got to admit I had more of a right to than anyone. I was only making $380,000 a year. That's chump change. I could make that playing basketball in Turkey, or in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. The Chargers know they were wrong. That's why they gave me a new contract.

Antonio Gates

We had certainly hoped for a favorable decision by the parliament, but I want to emphasize our relationship and the importance of the work we have done thus far, and the fact that the United States is still a friend of Turkey and we consider this relationship to be very important.

Robert Pearson

We had hoped to provide more advance notice of season dates to help them select their vacation days. That is what license buyers had asked for, however, since the deer data will not be available until mid-March and bear and wild turkey results were just made available, the board and staff concluded more time was needed before taking final action on the 2006-07 seasons and bag limits.

Carl Roe

According to B urine samples that have been around for years, the French publication L'Equipe is reporting that Warren Sapp tested positive for a turkey drumstick in 1999.

Mike Bianchi

Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would make its best guess about where it ultimately wants the funds rate to be and would move to that rate in a single step.

Ben S. Bernanke

What did this person become famous for? ... We have programs at the moment that follow a trend that contradicts the traditions and family structure of Turkey, which is a country with a 98 percent Muslim population. I am worried about this.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey has been accommodating and we have an opportunity to play two matches. That is why I have called in three newcomers.

Karel Brueckner

There will be constant monitoring of internal developments in Turkey -- political, economic, human rights.

Cristina Gallach

Based on recent seismic activity and the history of the North Anatolian fault south of Istanbul, there is definitely a very high probability that the city will be hit with a major earthquake over the next three decades. Istanbul is the economic and cultural center of Turkey, and there must be an organized effort to protect the city and its people.

Mete Sozen

Any countries in the regions which have situations in the rural areas similar to what we have here in Turkey could obviously have some diseases in animals and potentially in humans and that requires to strengthen surveillance systems both for humans and animals and to take all the measures necessary to control diseases in animals.

Dr. Guenael Rodier

If the truth needs to be told, I love Turkey and the Turkish nation and I want to serve it.

Abdullah Ocalan

Someone is putting brandy in your bonbons, Grand Marnier in your breakfast jam, Kahlua in your ice cream, Scotch in your mustard and Wild Turkey in your cake.

Marian Burros

An increase in turkey abundance coupled with nice weather resulted in a higher number of turkeys harvested during both the youth season and opening day of the spring turkey season.

Dave Swanson

The United States and Turkey are in total agreement.

Cemil Cicek

I am very impressed with the rapid, transparent and effective response that has been put in place here in Van and in Turkey more broadly.

Ann Derse

It's great to be Canadian - anywhere you go, everybody loves you. But the purpose in me going abroad was to train and skate for Turkey.

Tugba Karademir

We will reach a decision in the NATO council at the latest on Saturday after the sitting of the Security Council which absolutely corresponds to the interests of Turkey.

Peter Struck

There's a whole variety of small game here and deer and turkey.

Dan Butler

All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock.

Cy Young

When considering all the reasons for missed shots or lost birds, failure to accurately judge the distance to a target is probably the most common. A hunter must be able to determine when a turkey is close enough to make a clean kill. Just like patterning your shotgun prior to the season, you should also practice judging distance.

Rob Keck

If you are making a phone call to someone living 50 meters on the other side you have to dial Turkey first, then that is routed to northern Cyprus.

Merlijn Twaalfhoven

The reality of European resistance to Turkey's membership in the European Union is precisely what Turkey fears, that is, the entry of a poor and highly populated Muslim state, ... But the government in Ankara is determined to get full membership and nothing short of that.

Pamela Falk

Any event that sells out of turkey legs is awesome.

Gary Aubuchon

TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating.

Ambrose Bierce

I'm worried about Turkey because there's a deadline for them to lift restrictions on Cypriot ships going into their ports. This will come to a head and cause an incident.

Katinka Barysch

About 60 percent of trade remedy investigation cases against China have come from developing countries like India, Turkey and South Africa.

Wang Shichun

The animal was lying down and then wandered off. Van Cortlandt Park is home to many wild animals, including deer and turkey, and it is not altogether unusual to spot a coyote.

Warner Johnston

Johnson orchestrated numerous strategic acquisitions to expand the presence of Hormel Foods, most notably The Turkey Store. He refined the company's marketing strategy to significantly advance the sale of value-added products, and established Hormel Foods as a significant player in the ethnic foods marketplace.

Robert Waller

His evidence showed that the pollen must have been from a plant called Gundelia which is found in the Middle East and Turkey.

Adrian Wilson

[And that's what she did. En route home, Hughes singled out to reporters] a really interesting meeting ... a common man in Turkey.

Abdullah Gul

It may well shift from Turkey into other European countries. The good news is that in Turkey it has only involved a small number of people.

Dr. David Nabarro

Countries like France and Germany just aren't ready for any further expansion of the EU from an economic point of view. The negotiations with Turkey basically have to be forgotten about for the next five or six years.

Daniel Gros

The closest match is a strain identified in ducks in China earlier this year. It is not so similar to the strains from Romania and Turkey.

Debby Reynolds

We think it is important that the EU sends a clear signal to Turkey.

Jens Ploetner

Season the inside and the outside of the turkey real good with salt and pepper; this will give the turkey some flavor. Then, cut up some onions and one stalk of celery and place it inside the turkey.

Mable Beaman

Turkey and Croatia are naturally separated topics, conditions were given for both of them, ... The council of foreign ministers will decide objectively based on these conditions.

Douglas Alexander

One was a regular virus like we have seen in poultry in Turkey before.

Ruben Donis

The sovereignty and equality of the Turkish Cypriots and the guaranteed right of Turkey are not negotiable subjects.

Rauf Denktash

I think Turkey has a very important role to play in achieving a diplomatic settlement.

Gregory Schulte

The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past.

Costas Karamanlis

The water in the pan assures that the turkey will be juicy and not dry. As the turkey cooks the water from the pan will go into the turkey keeping it moist.

Mable Beaman

A lot of people choose [not to] or don't have the time to get out there and explore. But there's so much to see. They come to the center and say, 'I see a turkey! And deer! And foxes!' They don't expect it.

Debora Davidson

[Turkey seized on the German result to call on its opponents in Europe to] reconsider ... It was an auspicious result for the EU process. It was a campaign which proved how negative it was to offer 'privileged partnership' to Turkey. This surprise result ... should lead politicians to rethink their policies.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Europe will get a stable and prosperous Turkey.

Olli Rehn

For a country like Turkey, National Bank would have a target ROI rate range of 15% to 17%.

Anthimos Thomopoulos

The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past, ... The EU must maintain its credibility.

Costas Karamanlis

There are two overwhelming reasons why Turkey should be allowed to join the EU.

Michael Gunter

In my country, we don't mix sweet stuff and salty stuff in food. Here you could put honey on chicken, we don't do that. We find that disgusting. I liked it; I like turkey with cranberry sauce. For us it's something, we can't accept it. When I tried it, it became my favorite.

Mannaa Mannaa

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.

Kurt Vonnegut

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it.

Alistair Cooke

Dirk will bring the same performance as he did against Turkey (33 points and 10 rebounds). I assume that. But others will have to step up for us to win.

Dirk Bauermann

These decisions of the European parliament make things more difficult for Turkey.

Yasar Yakis

While other people were off eating turkey I was hitting the slopes and improving my skiing. I made some major changes that have showed up right away.

Allison Forsyth

Today's audiences are vastly more savvy than even audiences of 10 years ago, thanks to all the movie info that's available 24/7. Moviegoers are now more attuned to any kinds of delay. If they think it's a turkey, the word could spread.

Paul Levinson

Turkey is on a road that will lead much faster to its becoming a country suiting its potential and riches.

Ali Babacan

This shows the attitude of Turkey and its political culture, which reaffirms how wise we were to reject the (U.N. Secretary General Kofi) Annan plan.

George Lillikas

The percentage of fat in this product here is almost 50 percent fat. But it's turkey. But because it's turkey, we think we're doing a great job.

Margo Rodriguez

Everything you need for turkey calling is on the lanyard.

Tommy Roberts

If you shoot right-handed, the Game Ear works best in the left ear. Many guides and active shooters use two Game Ears to better pinpoint sounds such as a gobbling turkey.

Bob Walker

With the way the avian flu is spreading in Turkey we don't know what it may do when it reaches the United States.

Dick Wittberg

There are those in the EU who are victims of fanaticism. There are those who cannot free themselves from prejudice. There are those who look at Turkey in a funny way.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Don't forget to check the turkey every 20 minutes just to keep some water in the pan, so that the turkey won't dry out during the two-hour time span..

Mable Beaman

Some turkey hunters thought I had something good. I thought I did too.

Archie Taylor

That points to the guy in Turkey, who is alleged to have paid the worm author for writing Zotob.

Graham Cluley

It's addictive to go out and hunt deer, elk, antelope, turkey and bear.

Brian Meyers

Punters are piling in on Dr Who but we have not taken a penny for last year's winner - Coronation Street. They must think that the Corrie plot line is a real turkey!

Rupert Adams

We have to live together and make the best of it. They should eventually be permitted to join the European Union. A Europeanized Turkey is in everybody's interest.

Costas Karamanlis

We've had a very interesting working dinner, ... We can start negotiations with Turkey on the basis of the analysis of the commission.

Jan Peter Balkenende

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, the European Union has opened its door to Turkey.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Last winter we canned venison, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, chili sauce, tomato soup, turkey, catsup, barbecue sauce, fish, sweet potatoes, duck, butternut squash, pumpkins and potatoes. You might say that whatever we find, we can. The entries will help out the competition at the fair and it will give the boys a little bit of income.

Janel Maurer

The amount of the grant was $500 to fund a program to help students further understand the habitat and lifestyle of the wild turkey. This grant supports an innovative enhancement to natural science curriculum.

Mary Wirtz

You have to have your eye on the prize. We've reached this point after more than 40 years of negotiating with Turkey. This is the next major step.

Michael Gunter

Right now, we are still in talks with South Africa and Turkey on this issue.

Wang Shichun

Turkey's behavior during the conflict shows that Turkey no longer is a typical Islamic country. But that's exactly what makes it less credible as a mediator.

Heinz Kramer

A complete cull of all rural poultry in the country is not necessary and we were very vocal about this when I was there [in Turkey].

Juan Lubroth

I tasted spring - the cupcakes and pizza and polish sausage. From the fall, I had turkey and dressing. It was mouth-watering. And I had cabbage and turnip greens.

Brandi Brown

I would like to say that in my 30-plus years of turkey hunting. I have taken many more fall birds without the use of a dog than with one, and I have spent countless days afield with a dog only to come up empty-handed. Here in Pennsylvania, we would just like to see hunters have that choice.

Scott Baseshore

The beginning of a change to democracy and the rule of law in Turkey.

Guenter Verheugen

[He] is a tall, grandly built man; [she] tall and delicate. Both are narrow-faced with long, imperial noses; as they pose for pictures, it is a turkey buzzard sharing companionably with an egret.

Richard Eder

Certainly the Turkish press, the Turkey government at an official level is pointing to al Qaeda as being responsible for these blasts.

Andrew Finkel

The presidency needs to show impartiality and bear in mind the collective interests of the EU and not the interests i t has by securing the opening of accession talks between Turkey and the EU.

Kypros Chrysostomides

Kurds want to remain in Turkey but they want the country to be part of the EU. If they see that Turkey doesn't go down that road and they see increasing levels of freedoms in northern Iraq, that will be attractive for them.

Dogu Ergil

There is a crisis of confidence between the two sides. There is a Kurdish phobia in Turkey.

Sertac Bucak

We love Ireland because of the people. Norway because of the spectacular landscape. And Turkey because of the incredible history of civilization.

Priscilla Baldwin

I think that this is a case where the U.S. leaders involved are calculating the behind-the-scenes discussion, ... Pressure on Turkey is more likely to produce the desired result than a public bashing.

Clyde Prestowitz

The legal system in Turkey works. The judiciary has put in the law the ways to compensate its internal mistakes.

Cemil Cicek

I met Dave on a blind date at Sebring. Our first date was at the 'Wild Turkey' race. We met and got married in 2000.

Terri Popielarz

Approval process of the Customs Union Additional Protocol in the Turkish parliament is totally under the discretion of Turkey. Necessary steps will be taken when time comes.

Ali Babacan

We hope that there will not be similar cases in Turkey in the future.

Camiel Eurlings

One can haggle about what we expect from these talks, but negotiations with Turkey must start on Oct 3.

Cemil Cicek

We're getting album orders from Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, and of course the U.S. and Canada. His career is rocketing because of the FIFA game.

Louis Rodrigue

Turkey was in a very good position regarding drug use rates before ecstasy came along.

Cem Cehdioglu

Russian operators show more interest in CIS countries, as they are closer to Russia geographically and have a similar mentality. These markets are not very attractive for global operators, as income per capita is low. They are interested in other markets, Turkey in particular.

Oleg Salmanov

Besides the novelty of this first season and the general inexperience of Indiana hunters with fall turkey hunting, there were several environmental events that influenced the harvest.

Steve Backs

Turkey hunters can again look forward to high quality year of turkey hunting. Populations were good heading into winter, which was mild to moderate in severity depending on location, and we expect a good survival rate.

Andrea Mezera

Travel without fear wherever you want to go -- to China, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey.

Francesco Frangialli

We're getting album orders from Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, the UK, Germany, and of course the US and Canada. His career is rocketing because of the FIFA game.

Louis Rodrigue

Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey still fail to satisfy either of these... criteria.

Guenter Verheugen

The market has got short dollars. Yesterday we saw a spike up in euro/dollar. That took into account the bombings in Turkey and things of that nature. That was the big surprise in terms of geopolitics so other news we have had today hasn't really impacted the market significantly.

Bilal Hafeez

We conclude that Iceland on almost all measures looks worse than Thailand did before its crisis in 1997 and only moderately more healthy than Turkey before its 2001-crisis.

Lars Christensen

Our board over there now boasts three ambassadors, of Japan, Turkey and the U.S..

Dwight Gee

There are 20 grades of turkey breast available. We use the top of the line.

Jim Lampe

You would have thought I asked for an increase in our budget of a million dollars. They were giving me a hard time about changing from ham to turkey.

Chris Dailey

We came in cold turkey and it was mind blowing how similar our work was. Our cultural roots were imbued in all the work.

Licia Perea

We're now competing with eastern Europe, China, Korea, competing with Turkey and competing with places with inexpensive labor pools.

Al Julian

Females are not so pretty. They look like a turkey.

Michelle Sherman

(If) Turkey continues not to implement (EU rules and regulations) ... its path towards the European Union will end.

George Lillikas

We don't have the genetic sequence yet but we hope to soon which should tell us if it is the same virus that we have seen in Turkey and in the region surrounding the Black Sea area, where we have seen a lot of outbreaks in the last six months.

Michael Perdue

Amazingly all I could think of was the bride biting down on the turkey and chipping a tooth or something, ... I tried to think on the spot and told him, 'When the turkey's done, get a pretty little ribbon, tie the ring on the drumstick and present it to your bride-to-be.'

Carol Miller

The effects of the earthquakes that have struck Turkey in the last year will remain for many years to come, but we are committed to meeting the long-term needs of the vulnerable and helping people rebuild their lives.

Thomas Doyle

I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.

Carmen Miranda

Hunters are required to purchase a turkey license and stamp at the time they buy an over-the-counter turkey permit.

Andrea Mezera

There was a general expectation that he would be called back to jail. There was certainly quite a lot of public outcry in Turkey itself, and a state of unhappiness in general about the legal system.

Ilter Turan

Turkey is the party of all international agreements and conventions for disarmament, control of weapons and prevention of proliferation of mass destruction weapons. Turkey is also party of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). IAEA is aware of Turkey's activities to benefit from nuclear energy for peaceful means.

Namik Tan

Turkey cannot move forward with such bans.

Abdullah Gul

We are very concerned by the latest tensions in the southeast in Turkey and the violence which have resulted in casualties. We deplore the loss of all human life, and we are well aware that there is a serious terrorist problem in the region, but it is a much wider issue than just a security problem.

Krisztina Nagy

Bold and significant reforms have been undertaken in Turkey in the last couple of years. However, the pace of change has slowed in 2005 and even though there is progress in implementation it still remains uneven. Therefore, significant further efforts are needed.

Olli Rehn

There's no question that what's described in the report counts as torture under the European convention and shouldn't exist in Turkey or anywhere in Europe.

Richard Howitt

I have a sense that what is going on in Turkey can be brought under control relatively easily.

Dr. Guenael Rodier

Conflict is not inevitable. Cooperation is good for both Christians and Muslims, and Turkey is a moderate Muslim power that should be allowed to join if they implement reforms and become a stable democracy.

Michael Gunter

Turkey believed that Iraqi people will not allow such a possibility.

Namik Tan

Doing that cold-turkey would be catastrophic.

Mike Duffy

The best size turkey to get is a 10-pound turkey, because it cooks better. But, shoppers can get any size they want.

Mable Beaman

I genuinely believe this is an offer that Turkey should be glad to accept. It shows clearly the end goal: The end goal is membership.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Continued strong performance from Jennie-O Turkey Store and significant improvement from the specialty foods segment were key drivers behind our solid first quarter results.

Jeffrey M. Ettinger

It looks like a regular turkey with three different meats and dressings and it involves a very slow cook.

Paul Prudhomme

This is quick and easy. ...great for single people or small families who don't want to take the time to roast an entire turkey.

Irving Smith

Turkey is a tremendous food for winter. It's lean, a great source of protein, and from a calorie standpoint, it's remarkably low.

Susan Moores

We never have to guess what the other person is doing. We train, do races together, go to race committee meetings [the couple works with the group that stages the Turkey Trot].

Julie Donnelly

Michael Owen will not be travelling with the team to Turkey on Thursday afternoon.

Adrian Bevington

We want -- and our customers expect -- that this first ever first-come, first-served sale of left-over spring turkey hunting permits will take place without any hitches.

Diane Brookbank

We realized Turkey was a great opportunity for using that process to have some influence.

Eric Rosenthal

Turkey cutlets are lower in fat than chicken, and the leanest high protein food to eat.

Elizabeth Hiser

It was in the national security interest, because we depended on the stability in Turkey and the stability in Jordan in order to encircle Saddam Hussein.

Edward Walker