Word: elders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are compensations for being the daughter of a famous father: one is that people write songs about you. Teddy Roosevelt's little girl, for example, inspired the 1919 ditty In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown. Frank Sinatra's elder daughter prompted the 1944 lullaby, Nancy with the Laughing Face...
...every action during the coup, and moved to seize power chiefly because it feared that the King's enemies would win the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 28. The generals feared that victory would go to George Papandreou, 79, and his son Andreas, 48, the King's archenemies. The elder Papandreou, who resigned as Premier in a dispute with the King almost two years ago, had made it clear that he would interpret the election outcome as a plebiscite for or against the monarchy. His campaign slogan was: "Who rules Greece? The King or the people?" By the people...
When the King asked for "an administrative investigation" of the Aspida plot, the elder Papandreou tried to fire the Defense Minister, who was to conduct the inquiry, and attempted to take over the job himself. In his first big political test a mere 16 months after ascending the throne, King Constantine held firm. He told Papandreou that he would allow any member of the Center Union Party to conduct the investigation but, since it primarily involved Papandreou's son, he would not allow Papandreou to be the final judge of what action to take. Papandreou accused the King of unconstitutional...
...Dean Elder said yesterday he would accept the Federation as speaking for the teaching fellows who signed the petition, "but certainly not as any sole bargaining agent...
...Dean Elder agreed to set up a conference between the Federation and Dean Ford. But he asked the teaching fellows' representatives to assemble evidence substantiating their complaints...