Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...llth century figure of Krishna dancing on the hood of the cobra-demon Kaliya, holding up the creature's tail in a ripple of bronze like a Malay kris, and the majestic, decapitated Female Torso from llth century Cambodia, an image as silent and epigrammatic as any archaic Greek kouros...
They are descended from Robert the Pious and Gontran the Rich, from Suleiman the Magnificent and Cathal Crovedearg of the Wine-Red Hand. They belong, variously, to the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moslem and Orthodox-both Greek and Russian-churches. They are, almost without exception, reasonable, personable -and, it goes without saying, well-bred. They consider themselves the legitimate claimants to the thrones of 14 European countries where royalty has gone out of business...
...many Greeks, the slight, mustachioed Grivas was more god than man. He was already a legend during World War II, when he led a feared band of right-wing guerrillas that fought against the German occupation of Greece and, more actively, against Greek Communist partisans. Then in the 1950s his skillful command of EOKA, the Greek Cypriot guerrilla army, ended British control of the island and gained for Grivas a place in the Greek pantheon of heroes...
...death, Archbishop Makarios proclaimed an amnesty for all imprisoned and wanted EOKA-B members; in response, Grivas' successor as head of EOKA-B ordered a stop to all terrorist activities. While not officially identified, the new commander is thought to be Major Vassilios Kourkafas, a relatively unknown Greek army officer. There remained some concern that the more fanatical elements of the EOKA-B would renew the terrorist campaign, but observers wondered how long the band of several hundred men would survive without Grivas' leadership...
...repression, that it's important to fight for every ounce of liberty. I'm under no illusions about the American government, but nevertheless defending free trials, defending the press--it makes a hell of a lot of difference. There's a big difference between this government and the Greek government and while I'm not suggesting that we all go home and celebrate, it is important...