Word: edicts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...post of Minister to the Premier. Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos took over the powerful Interior Ministry, and Colonel Nicholas Makarezos assumed control of Greece's economic fate as Minister of Coordination. Once in office, though, Papadopoulos steadily improved his position. Last month he steered through the Cabinet an edict establishing a "general directorate of government policy" that operates under his personal control and gives him veto power over all laws drafted by the various ministers. In addition, he has created his own mini-Cabinet, which supersedes the work of regular ministries in such diverse fields as press censorship, civil...
...idea, besides making the game somewhat more sanitary, was to give batters an edge by eliminating the exaggerated "drop" or "break" (up to six inches more than normal) that pitchers can achieve by wetting the ball. And for a while, most pitchers did seem to abide by the edict. But charity has its limits. Experts estimate that today, anywhere from 25% to 50% of all big-league pitchers throw the spitter, and that number includes many of the biggest names in the game...
...tempestuous have the students proved in their earliest reconfinement to the classroom that the present interval is being designated a transitional period of "struggle," preliminary to the full-scale resumption of school in the fall. For the time being, by Mao's edict, all students are expected to engage in factory work, farming and military affairs, and also consume heavy doses of the works of Mao; in those primary and secondary schools that are open, instruction is limited to one to two hours of morning classes, during which pupils read, chant, sing and dance the messages of Chairman...
...maintained a calm attitude about the edict, but warned that "if allowed to stand for the long pull, this restriction on our earnings prospects would inevitably slow down our efforts to provide more and better communications service to the public." Left unsaid was whether the company planned to appeal the decision. Under the FCC order, reductions on interstate and international calls will go into effect...
Anouilh's Creon is intelligent, dignified, and efficient. He didn't seek power, but "once I take on the job, I must do it properly." He is not without some compassion; he even offers to gloss over Antigone's first violation of his edict if she will agree not to repeat it. To him the burial of Polyneices is "meaningless," the people he governs are "featherheaded rabble," and "this whole business is nothing but politics." Carnovsky is marvelously forceful in describing his job ("Kings, my girl, have other things to do than to surrender themselves to their private feelings...