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...view, this was hardly true. The original peace treaty with Turkey was the ignominious Treaty of Sévres which stripped Turkey and partitioned it into French and Italian "spheres of influence." Outraged Turks rose behind the "Grey Wolf" and proceeded to chase the invading Greek armies into the Aegean Sea. At Lausanne the Turks practically dictated their own terms, being far more ready to resume fighting than were the demobilized Allies. Lausanne booted out of the demilitarized zones the Allied occupation forces, abolished the spheres of influence and gave Turkey an unlimited Army & Navy. Thus...
...with previous Greek policy by joining the Balkan League of Bulgaria and Serbia and ganging on Turkey in the first Balkan War. This time Greece won. In the squabble over the spoils, alert Venizelos formed another alliance with Serbia and ganged on Bulgaria. Spoils: most of Macedonia and the Aegean Islands, the most productive lands in the realm and 100% more people...
...more than 1,000 years, bearded, black-robed Greek Orthodox monks have lived in theocratic communities on that marble crag, Mount Athos, which rises 6,000 ft. out of the Aegean Sea. Accessible to male visitors, the monks are used to being asked: "What is the purpose of your life?" They invariably reply: "What is the purpose of your life outside?" Few years ago Mount Athos had a visitor who did more than ask about purposes. A Dartmouth sociologist named Michael Choukas, he viewed the "holy mountain" as a medieval hangover, a laboratory for pure sociological research. He lived among...
Alexander Forbes '04, associate professor of Physiology, delivered an illustrated lecture last night in the Senior Common Room of Winthrop House on the subject "A Cruiso to the Aegean...
...subject of the lantern slides was the trip to the Aegean which Professor Forbes made last summer accompanied by some Harvard students...