"Even turkeys can fly" (1992)

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 16, 2004, at 9:48 PM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> I thought I'd expound a bit more on the flying turkey, for the benefit
> of anyone doing [...] a slang dictionary that doesn't end at the
> letter "O."

That's cold, Barry. Real cold. Come on, man! Why don't you give a
brother researcher a break?

-Wilson Gray

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> Personally, though, I prefer flying pigs.
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> . A bit later, Gupta produces a fabulous aphorism: "There's a saying
> in Silicon Valley
> that says, 'If the wind blows hard enough, even turkeys can fly.' And
> the ...
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> NEW-ISSUE WHEAT VERSUS CHAFF. (TECHNOLOGY STOCKS GOOD FOR INVESTMENTS)
> (COMPUTER VENTURES)
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> By Richard A. Shaffer
> 875 words
> 13 April 1992
> Forbes
> 114
> English
> Copyright Forbes Inc. 1992
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> IT'S NEW-ISSUE TIME again, and I'm hearing some familiar Wall Street
> saws. "When the ducks quack, feed them,' is one. Another: "In a strong
> wind, even turkeys can fly."
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> Don't ask too much of banks, property.
>
> By Wong Kok Hoi.
> 933 words
> 23 April 1999
> Business Times Singapore
> English
> (c) 1999 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
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> [SINGAPORE] In a bull market, virtually every stock will take off. As
> the joke goes, even turkeys will fly.
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> The Boston Consulting Group Column - Private equity investment - a
> marriage of like minds.
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> By Nicholas Bloy.
> 1,233 words
> 10 May 1999
> The Edge
> English
> (c) 1999 The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd
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> The old cliche - "In a stiff enough breeze, even a turkey can fly" -
> was never more true than in the case of many Asian companies prior to
> the Asian economic crisis. The breeze was provided by high levels of
> liquidity, coupled with a less-than-prudent approach to capital
> allocation by investors and bankers alike. Liquidity evaporated over
> the course of 1998, creating a funding vacuum that remains today.
> Expanding into this vacuum is a hitherto-overlooked source of capital,
> known as private equity.
>