Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Verge of War. Ford had reason to hope that he might be able to break the diplomatic deadlock on Cyprus. The Greeks seem willing to partition the island permanently, as demanded by Turkey, but insist on recovering much of the land seized by the Turkish invasion force in 1974. The land was once occupied by 200,000 Greek Cypriots, who are now homeless refugees. The dispute has kept both countries on the verge of war for nearly a year...
...because the Turks had used American-supplied weapons in their invasion. The vote was narrow-41 to 40-but White House aides said that they could have gained at least ten additional votes, if needed, from Senators who were reluctant to cast them for fear of offending constituents of Greek descent. In his meetings with Turkish Premier Siileyman Demirel, Ford will probably argue that only a more conciliatory attitude on Turkey's part can overcome House opposition to the bill. Ford will also discuss the Cyprus crisis with Greek Premier Constantine Caramanlis, who agreed to attend the NATO summit...
...Asian studies by scholarly exhilaration with the unknown. "It's very exciting to be thoroughly interested in a subject and have it dominate your thoughts and concerns all the time," he says. "It is one of the best things that can happen to you." His father, a professor of Greek and Roman history at the University of Toronto, realized that Woodside had found his niche. ("My mother was a little more skeptical," he recalls.) With their blessings, he set off for Harvard to study these exotic lands under Fairbank...
...they arrive many discover that they can expect to have a hard time. Unable to complain to authorities, aliens working as domestics, farm hands, restaurant employees or garmentmakers often must tolerate meager wages in return for the tasks they perform and sweatshop conditions on the job. Says a young Greek who jumped ship seven years ago: "We don't take jobs away from the Americans. Greeks wash dishes in restaurants for $100 a week. Americans won't do that." Yet in March, when the INS rounded up 50 aliens employed by a Chicago janitorial firm, 150 people instantly...
...more than a third now employed are working in industry. Some Mexicans who have entered Texas illegally earn close to $5 an hour in small factories; one was even found managing a Laredo plastics plant at $20,000 a year. The INS'S files include reports of a Greek plumber earning $12 an hour, a Jamaican carpenter earning $7 an hour and a West Indian electronics engineer taking in $17,000 a year. An immigration raid on a Miami restaurant turned up 14 illegally entered employees, including a Swiss assistant manager getting $11,000 a year. One enterprising Venezuelan...