Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...telephone call last Tuesday to the Paris apartment of former Greek Premier Constantino Caramanlis signaled a historic turning point for Greece. It was from Greek President Phaedon Gizikis in Athens, begging Caramanlis, 67, to end eleven years of exile and "return home as soon as possible." A second call came from French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, placing a French Mystere 20 jet at his disposal, since commercial service to the troubled country had been halted. Within hours the Greek elder statesman was airborne, on his way to Athens. By the time he landed, to a tumultuous welcome from...
There were other welcome surprises during the week. The righting between invading Turks and Greek Cypriots that had engulfed the tiny Mediterranean is land in a bloodletting was halted in a shaky cease-fire enforced by United Na tions troops. The chance of war between Turkey and Greece - both NATO allies - diminished, though it remained a worrisome possibility. The Soviet Union resisted the temptation to make political capital from the Turkish-Greek confrontation, thus affirming the spirit of detente with the U.S. And the other NATO nations fully consulted among themselves and acted in concert to dampen the conflict...
...junta no longer felt capable of providing the necessary leadership. It concluded that Greece needed leaders who were trusted abroad and had a clear mandate; only then could Athens hope to negotiate successfully at the Geneva talks on Cyprus and extricate itself honorably from the tense confrontation of Greek and Turkish troops on their common border in Thrace...
They will have to move to end the Greek economy's 32% inflation and more than $1.2 billion balance of payments deficit. They could continue the draconian deflationary program imposed last winter by the ousted junta, which included high interest rates, restrictions on bank credits and cuts in government spending. Such restrictions are far from popular, however, and the Cabinet may hesitate to continue them for fear of alienating the public support it will need to build a firm foundation for civilian rule...
...exurban Katonah and thus barely qualifies as regional. But its locale, an Italian villa surrounded by 180 wooded acres, makes the summeiiong festival a remote, ethereal world apart. Opera performances are held in a 1,500-seat outdoor Venetian theater. The stage is built around three dozen 9th century Greek and Roman columns smuggled out of Italy decades ago and subsequently bought by the late Walter and Lucie Rosen, who owned Caramoor...