Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Glen W. Bowersock '57, Professor of Greek and Latin, said yesterday the Classics faculty awards the prize to meritorious seniors who want to study either classical philology or classical archaeology abroad...
...Crocker," Kojak would say, musing over the body of a just dispatched crook, "...don't worry. It happens." For Long John and Bentley, facing generals and then orals, facing the real prospect of unemployment in June, that was transcendent wisdom. It happens. No use worrying. The simple serene Greek wisdom of Theo Kojak. There was another side also appealing, to Kojak: he was a tough, single-minded avenger of slights, insults and crimes. On the trail of a double-crossing jewel thief or of a big-time narcotics gang, he'd snap orders to Crocker and Stavros, ignore the warnings...
...cornered pack of diamond-smuggling mobsters: Theo Kojak or John Finely? So much for urbanity. And for all his gruffness, Kojak could display that heart of gold all macho crime fighters are obliged to possess. That was where the lollipops came in--handed to ailing grandmothers and young Greek relatives alike...
Another issue divides Greece and Turkey: Who controls the Aegean? Homer's wine-dark sea is dotted with 3,049 Greek islands, some of which are only a few miles from Turkey's shores. Two years ago, the U.S. was able to mediate successfully between the two NATO partners when they approached the brink of war in a territorial dispute. Greece hinted it might extend territorial waters from six to twelve miles around each island; the Turks warned Washington that that would be a fighting matter, and the Greeks dropped the idea. With both sides now so angry...
...foreign oil, began a search for other pools. Athens claimed that each of its islands has a continental shelf. Such a claim would preclude Turkish drilling in much of the Aegean. Nonetheless, the Turks last year dispatched the seismographic ship Sismik1 to carry on oil explorations near several Greek islands; the converted trawler was challenged by Greek destroyers and a battle was narrowly averted. Sismik1 was supposed to sail on another exploratory mission this month, but its departure has been postponed. Ironically, the oil at Thassos is not only of poor quality but is also expensive to exploit, and petroleum...