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...stuff they can't get out of the newspaper." Anway says, material which is general enough to interest nearly everyone. Last year's program included a week of Greek and Cretan culture with John H. Finley '25, and a week on East Asia with Reischauer and John K. Fairbank '29. This year's science and medicine program was experimental, and no one seems to be quite sure what its appeal was; but it was successful, with 75 registrants, and Kimball feels that future programs will probably include some kind of general science course...
...stands in the Cretan ring...
Convincing Nuances. Piccus called in his old friend Gordon, a language detective famous for his identification of an ancient Cretan script known as Linear A. Long a proponent of the theory that ancient civilizations of South America were somehow influenced by Middle Eastern culture, Gordon carefully compared the Paraíba inscription with the latest work on Phoenician writing. He found that it contained nuances and quirks of Phoenician style that could not have been known to a 19th century forger. "The alternatives are either that the inscription is genuine," said Gordon, "or that the guy was a great prophet...
...interior, I walk into a coffee-shop for a shot of raki, the local brandy. A huge poster on the wall extols the "National Revolution" of the colonels. But above it, illuminated by a devotional oil lamp, like the holy icons, I see three photographs: E. Venizelos, the fiery Cretan liberal of the 1900's, John F. Kennedy, and George Papandreou! Gingerly, I steer the conversation into politics...
...jail. Don't you know it was written by Theodorakis? It's strictly forbidden. Later on, after we leave the banquet, the same friends roll up the car windows and softly sing the song. Warmed up, they continue with "The Rebel," the centuries-old anthem of the Cretan revolutions against the Turks. That is also forbidden, because of its suggestive language: "When will the stars break through the clouds, when will spring come...