Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...betrayed by the U.S. They provoked the wrath and sanctions of the U.S. Congress by using American weapons to invade Cyprus in 1974. The embargo was partly lifted this summer, but the government of Premier Bülent Ecevit in Ankara believes with some justification that the strength of the Greek-American lobby in the U.S. has tilted Washington's policy permanently against Turkey. As for the Shah, he has called CENTO "a nice club," although these days it is not all that nice and not all that clubby...
Roman Antiquities, published in 1756, took Europe by storm. During most of the 19th century, with its taste for Greek classicism and Gothic gloom, Piranesi's reputation receded, even though his prints were continuously reproduced. One series, drawn when he was about 25, still grips the modern imagination. These are the Carceri d'Invenzione, or Imaginary Prisons, which are the centerpieces of the National Gallery's show. Overpowering machines loom darkly. Ropes dangle ominously from huge beams. Towering arches soar, balconies thrust across them, stairways lead upward to rooms that are not really rooms but more spaces...
...Greek pastries. As Benjamin Thompson, the architect who designed the complex, puts it: "The place is centered on the sight and smell of food, the cornerstone of human commerce...
...designing the new markets, Thompson attempted to preserve as much of the Greek revival exteriors as possible. Grimy granite walls were stripped clean, and the red-brick sidings were mended. Glass arcades to house cafes and vendors were erected outside along the buildings to create an easy flow of foot traffic. To sustain the festival atmosphere, Thompson also preferred small, owner-run businesses. Says he: "I went over the idea of the marketplace and asked if there was an economic way to have just one man selling eggs, one selling cheese, another some marvelous wine. We decided if we could...
Philosophy, William Barrett once confessed, is "a very dubious profession" in America. But in his new book, The Illusion of Technique, Barrett vigorously rehabilitates the profession. For better or worse, he writes, philosophers have made the modern world: "If there had not been those early Greek thinkers who created philosophy, there would be no atomic bombs." Barrett's narrative of the stages in between is highly speculative. But his hold on elusive ideas is so sure, his erudition so vast and effortless, that a coherent historical design gradually emerges: Aristotle's invention of logic culminated in the scientific...