Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writing in response to the article on Greek students which appeared in the Harvard Crimson of November 13. Reading it was not a very pleasant experience. My objection stems from the probably well intended effort of its writer to make his article interesting by giving it a controversial, perhaps scandalous, content. The article describes Greek students by classifying them in two extreme contradictory categories: future revolutionaries or future cadres of imperialism. It says they form "the most political student group in Cambridge," "they are generally rich" and are occupied by the dilemma whether "Greece should ally with Russia...
...course the reality is quite different. The Hellenic Students Association is a broad and non-partisan group. All its members would strongly condemn a military government in Greece as well as any foreign involvement favoring it, but this is what 99 per cent of the Greek people did in last Sunday's elections in Greece. Our intention is not to decide on Greece's allies but to keep alive amongst us here the Greek culture and the realities at home. All the stands that we have taken never represented a narrow but often a unanimous majority of our membership which...
Finally I would like to express here my disagreement with the assertion that Greek students are alienated from the American society. They may be critical of some of its aspects, correctly mentioned in the article, but this is not enough to imply alienation. Michael Caramanis President, Hellenic Students Association...
...statement that Greek students are rich enough to afford American educations was poorly worded. Nonetheless, every student I spoke to agreed that the constituency of Greek students here is largely upper-class and most linked this status with their ability to go to school in America. --Philip Weiss
...most expensive bargain is offered by Jimmy ("the Greek") Snyder, the famed Las Vegas savant. Entitled "Lessons in How to Make Odds," the Greek's tutorial services cost $565,000 with an optional extra: purchase of all his 1975 handicaps for $875,000. Jimmy tells TIME'S magi that he is betting 2 to 1 that he will not sign a single sucker...