Word: greek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...General Kodendera Thimayya, to U.S. Ambassador Taylor G. Belcher, and then going his own way. He seemed unperturbed by the blast from Athens, where Greece's Premier George Papandreou accused him of launching the drive against Kokkina in violation of a firm promise not to attack without Greek knowledge and consent. When the Greek army officer commanding Makarios' National Guard resigned for the same reason. Makarios simply appointed in his place General George Grivas, the tough old resistance fighter who led the four-year guerrilla war against the British...
...Expelled Greeks. As Makarios spoke, his Greek Cypriot forces were building up their strength in the Kokkina area for what the U.N. feared might be a second strike against the small Turkish Cypriot redoubt, where refugees from other villages huddled in caves. Such a step would certainly provoke another wave of Turkish retaliation from the mainland; in fact, many expect the Turks to attack again. In Thimayya's opinion, Turkey may "bomb Cyprus to save its people from starvation and make Makarios lift the blockade." In the Turkish capital Premier Ismet Inönü was desperately trying...
Turkish Cuba. Papandreou must move with special care because, if it comes to war, Greece is at a great disadvantage. Not only are there 30 million Turks to 8,500,000 Greeks, but geography also favors Turkey. Cyprus lies only 40 miles off Turkey's coast within easy reach of its planes and ships, while the nearest Greek air base is on Crete, 450 miles from Cyprus. As NATO partners, both armies are using U.S. equipment, but Turkey has far more planes, tanks and other weaponry than does Greece. The Greek navy is more of a match for Turkey...
...others; he has blossomed as the most convinced and convincing ecumenist in the Catholic Church. With the rector by his side, he has knelt in prayer at Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston, and he claims to have visited 80 Protestant churches. Last month he delivered an address to a Greek Orthodox conference in Denver...
...helped organize a Catholic-Protestant ecumenical dialogue there last year with Augustin Cardinal Bea of Rome's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity as chief speaker. Cushing is trying to raise $1,000,000 for a permanent ecumenical study center in Boston, and has given $100,000 to the Greek Orthodox seminary in Brookline...