Word: cretan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ariane (the French name for the Cretan princess of Greek mythology whose thread helped Theseus escape from the Labyrinth) took nearly a decade to develop. It is not only a triumph of European technology, but a stellar example of something much more rare: real international cooperation. The big rocket's first and third stages were built in France, the second in West Germany. Britain developed much of the computer software. Contributions came from Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands and, in fact, all of the founding partners in this billion-dollar collaboration. Ariane's first commercial flight is scheduled...
...Stratas still feels, "I haven't found the track of what I am going to do in my life." Her dark brown eyes-part of her Cretan heritage-shine with fervor as she says: "Music is tied in with it-it is part of something leading me somewhere. I don't know where it is or what, but I have bigger things I am going to do. Opera has never been enough.'' -By Michael Walsh. Reported by Nancy Neuman/New York
Outside the major cities in the smaller towns of Castile and Andalucia, one finds the traditional Spanish character most intact. Toledo, 70 miles south of Madrid, is a town dominated by the shadow of El Greco, the expatriated Cretan painter who adopted the town as his home. Toledo may be the most visited small town in Spain, but it is also a microcosm of Spanish history, art, and architecture...
...instance, predicts college grades about as accurately for women, Blacks, Hispanics, and the poor as it does for other students." The language is confusing; so much so that while working our way through the article we felt akin to the minotaur attempting to find his way out of the Cretan labyrinth of King Minos. In any case, Klitgaard seems to contradict his primary assumption, thus invalidating his argument before he even begins...