Word: greek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Expulsion from the Council of Europe, which is a sort of powerless but prestigious mini-U.N., will further tarnish the prestige of the Greek regime. But it will not affect its firm hold on power in Greece. Most anti-regime Greeks and many other Europeans feel, probably naively, that a strong U.S. condemnation of the colonels would force them to either step down or liberalize their harshly autocratic rule...
Because of the continuing Soviet naval buildup in the Mediterranean, the U.S. feels that it has no choice but to foster good relations with the regime that controls an important base in the area. Even so, the action will come as a blow to those Greeks who feel that only the U.S. can deliver them from their oppressive situation. It will, of course, be a major boost for the colonels, who all along have sought to give the Greek public the impression that the U.S. approves of their regime...
Thirsites, the deformed, caviling, ranting, smirking, groveling Greek, gradually emerges as the dominant figure. Ajax beats him, Patroclus upbraids him, but when (as he watches while Cressida submits to Diomed's advances) he speaks the line...
...Vice President's ancestral village lies eight hours away from Athens over a narrow, bumpy country road. It sits in the sunshine on the western slopes of the Greek division of Peloponnesus, six hairpin curves above the ink blue Ionian Sea, an immaculate whitewash of stucco structures with red tile roofs...
...pieces of furniture from the grandfather remain in the house, which is kept spotless by Andreas' wife. She is a perfect Greek counterpart of Judy Agnew-bright, outgoing, hospitable, gay. As the man who revived the family ties by writing to Agnew, Andreas has become the spokesman for the Anagnostopoulos family. "We have become known figures," says Andreas proudly. "I receive letters from Greeks living in Paris, Venezuela, Australia, who are pleased that a Greek was elected to such a high office...