Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shortly after dawn last Wednesday, a Greek government police car sliced through the thick fog and stopped in front of the luxurious seaside villa of George Papadopoulos. Dictator of Greece for 6½ years and leader of the 1967 colonels' coup, Papadopoulos had been overthrown in the generals' coup last November, and three weeks ago, he was placed under house arrest by the civilian regime of Premier Constantine Caramanlis. Nonetheless, Papadopoulos had planned to run for Parliament in elections later this month, and there were rumors that his political ambitions went much further. To the policeman who knocked...
Thieves last December stole more than 5600 ancient Greek and Roman coins, valued between $1 million and $5 million, from the Fogg Art Museum's coin room...
Jimmy the Greek, word had it, was taking 50 to 1 odds that Ali wouldn't leave the ring alive...
This new twist to an old curl looks very little like its predecessor. Instead of tightening into frizzy ringlets, the hair strands fluff out in graceful waves or very floppy curls-what celebrated Coiffeur Vidal Sassoon calls a "marvelous, curly 'Greek boy' look." As another hairdresser puts it: "The difference between the old permanent and a careful unpermanent is the difference between your first dress and a Balenciaga...
...into combat ("L'audace, toujours I'audace"), he was probably war's last romantic. "I love wars and am having a fine time," he wrote to his wife Beatrice during the Sicilian campaign. "When it cools off, I am going to have a closeup of the Greek temples...