Word: greeke
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Gaullist Inspiration. The Greek Parliament, which began meeting last week for the first time since 1967, must now fashion a new constitution for the republic. Premier Constantine Caramanlis, whose New Democracy Party commands 220 of Parliament's 300 seats, has proposed a Gaullist-inspired system of presidential government, with strong consolidation of power in one office. If Parliament approves his draft constitution, as it is expected to do within the next three months, another election will be held. Whether the President is elected by Parliament or through a national plebiscite, a Caramanlis victory is certain...
...Department confirmation that U.S. military aid to Ankara jumped to $40.5 million following the Turkish invasion, an increase of more than $13 million over the previous quarter. The State Department claimed that the increase was due to delivery of four F-4 fighters that had been ordered in 1972. Greek Cypriot newspaper reaction was bitter. Editorialized the right-wing Agon, official newspaper of Clerides' Unified Party: "Our conclusion can only be one: that if Turkey carries out its threat [for renewed fighting], the real culprits will not be in Ankara but in Washington...
Unmistakably, Greek voters gave the right a smashing victory. This is pleasantly refreshing, since one would expect that after repressive military rule, the people would turn to the left. Instead, they proved that they are among the most politically sophisticated people in the world. Their message could not be clearer: as much as they fear and hate a military dictatorship, they fear and hate a Communist takeover more...
Caramanlis came to Greece in July neither through a military coup nor through elections. Power was handed to him by the Greek junta after the tragedy of Cyprus. The junta did not fall from power; it merely moved backstage...
Everyone seems to know Joni. She is the rural neophyte waiting in a subway, a free spirit drinking Greek wine in the moonlight, an organic Earth Mother dispensing fresh bread and herb tea, and the reticent feminist who by trial and error has charted the male as well as the female...