Word: aegean
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perhaps not. Last week a U. S. oceanographer announced that what may be a completely intact Minoan city was unearthed recently on the Aegean island of Thera, now called Santorin. The discovery could well substantiate the most intriguing of all Atlantis theories-that Plato was right but simply mislocated Atlantis, which was actually an island kingdom comprising Thera, Crete and other Aegean islands...
...accused of high treason and, though it seemed unlikely that the military would risk provoking his followers and outraging foreign opinion by executing him, he might be subjected to a long prison term or exile. As for the Communists, they were being shifted to old detention centers on the Aegean isles of Yioura and Ayios Evstratios, there to be carefully screened and questioned...
GREECE is expecting to top the 1,000,000 mark in tourists for the first time, and a big attraction, as usual, will be Athens and the islands in the Aegean Sea. For the first time, tourists will have an alternative to bumping from site to site by bus. Instead, ruin viewers can sail the wine-dark sea in comfort on a scenic three-day cruise (for from $75 to $160) aboard the Meltemi, which stops at ports near Delphi, Epidaurus and Corinth...
...sort of Aegean Acapulco overpopulated...
...their flimsy moorings. Sure enough, they did, cascading into the ship's sides. Worst of all, a huge 16-ton trailer truck was improperly parked by the bow exit. Each time the ship pitched, it rammed against the door. Finally, the door gave way and in spilled the Aegean waters. Radioed the Heraklion: "S O S. We are sinking...