Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Founded in the 6th century, St. Catherine's monastery sits at the foot of Mount Sinai, atop which, according to biblical tradition, the Lord gave Moses the Ten Commandments. In 1946 one adventurous visitor to this Greek Orthodox abbey, which then was 100 miles from the nearest town of any consequence, was shocked to learn that the monks had not yet heard of World War II. He was even more astounded to discover that some of them had never heard of World...
Turkish Arms Embargo. To bolster NATO, the Administration wanted an end to the arms embargo imposed by Congress on Turkey because of its invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Over the objections of the small but strong Greek lobby, Congress agreed...
...settlement foundered, Lebanon's beleaguered Christians held tight to the remnants of a shattered past. Indeed, Christianity has long been fractured within this complex country: in addition to the dominant Maronites - a branch of the Roman Catholic Church that preserves its own unique liturgy - there are Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholics, Armenians and Chaldeans, among others. Since Lebanon became independent from France in 1943, the Maronites, who then made up 30% of the population, have been the major force in politics and the economy. Under the "national covenant," an unwritten agreement with the force of constitutional law, the Lebanese presidency...
...Students can't be carbon copies of their teachers, thank God," John H. Finley '25, Professor of Greek Literature Emeritus, told 75 people in Science Center A yesterday as part of a seminar on "Lecturing in the Humanities...
...above lectures feature visiting speakers, but some superb home-grown talent will also be on display this coming week. James S. Ackerman, professor of Fine Arts, John K. Finley, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, Emeritus, and Wallace T. MacCaffrey, professor of History, will participate in a panel discussion on "Lecturing in the Humanities," Monday at 4:15 p.m. in Science Center...