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...Exposed Flank...
Ecology, as it develops into a portion of the Movement, threatens to become the Movement's weak flank, where the danger of co-optation from inadequately-funded governmental gimmicks is the greatest...
...Greek secret services. The CIA especially had every reason to want to get rid of him. Moreover, Andreas and George were both fervently in favor of ENOSIS or union with Cyprus. The U. S. opposed ENOSIS because it would damage relations with Turkey and threaten the southern flank of NATO. Thus, the U. S. had good reason to prefer a military dictatorship to a Papandreou regime...
...gathering Lindsay movement produces a curious effect on the Administration. Before Lindsay's switch, Nixon guarded his right flank, fearing that Ronald Reagan or George Wallace might advance as the conservative leader if the President's policies began to look too liberal. Now Nixon moves a shade more toward left-center, emphasizing less Southern strategy and more urban programs, lest Lindsay build sufficient momentum to be a presidential threat...
...CURIOUS Beast might have been a Chimera, Except that the Head and skinny Neck, and great, drooping Tail of a Cock, were affixed to the Body of an Ass. Flopping at either Flank was a huge, Sludge-colored Wing, from the Tip of each of which grew a small Talon, causing great Mystery. Each hoof was a giant Talon grappling the Floor...