Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FIRST GLANCE, General Phaidon Gizikis's replacing Colonel George Papadopoulos as military dictator of Greece doesn't seem to have much significance. Gizikis denounced Papadopoulos for betraying the principles of the Greek coup of 1967, which brought fascism to Greece. But while Papadopoulos made some attempts in recent months to lend his regime legitimacy through tightly controlled elections and the establishment of an ostensibly civilian government, the attempts never developed into anything more than windowdressing for the repression and torture that kept him in power...
...ultimate aim of the committee is to enlist the support of all Americans in the Greek people's struggle to force out the dictatorship and to return to democratic government," Wald said yesterday...
Wald said he hopes the committee will make Americans aware that the United States is backing and promoting the new dictatorship by supplying the Greek junta with weapons...
...source, who wishes to remain anonymous, said Papadopoulos, who refused to let the United States Sixth Fleet refuel at a major Greek naval base during the recent Middle East war, showed signs of swaying from U.S foreign policy...
...extra yards after first being hit by the Crimson defenders. The Harvard secondary, especially the heralded John Clarke, was taken apart by Yale's substitute quarterback, Kevin Rogan. Early in the season the Harvard defense had like Icarus approached the sun and gained fame, but like the Greek it melted from the exposure and quickly plummeted into...