Word: greekness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theory, the U.S. would like to see a restoration of democratic government in Greece, but it is afraid to push the Greek rulers too hard for fear that they might decide to seek arms or aid elsewhere. When Ambassador Tasca takes up his duties in Athens, he will try diplomatically to nudge Papadopoulos and his military colleagues toward more democratic rule...
...failed to put into effect the articles guaranteeing basic human rights. Under pressure from European governments, they have promised elections-but have not yet set a date. One of the most disturbing indications of the junta's antipathy to freedom has come in its dealings with the Greek press...
...call attention to the plight of 500,000 political prisoners in 60 countries, Amnesty International last week nominated its first "Prisoners of the Year." Those selected: Eleni Voulgari of Greece, who was sent to prison for ten years by the Greek junta for sheltering her Communist brother-in-law; Daniel Madzimbamuto of Rhodesia, an African nationalist leader who was imprisoned without trial four years ago; and Larisa Daniel of the Soviet Union, wife of imprisoned Russian author Yuli Daniel, who was sentenced herself in 1968 to four years of Siberian exile for demonstrating against the Soviet policy of "fraternal...
Metals in the Body. Superficially, there would seem to be little relationship between parkinsonism and the plight of some Chilean miners who have suffered massive manganese poisoning. But an imaginative, Greek-born investigator now working at the Brookhaven National Laboratory noted that some of the symptoms are similar and that the same part of the brain is involved in both conditions. Thanks to his astute observation and his persistence in trying a "discarded treatment, 2,000 or more parkinsonism patients in the U.S. are now enjoying the first effective drug treatment for the disorder. There is hope that after...
...bourgeois poet with the instincts of a grand seigneur" as Besterman puts it, Voltaire set out none too scrupulously to guarantee himself financial security. Before his 24th birthday, he had become an instant success with his first and most famous play, Oedipe, in which he used Greek tragedy to give vent to his lifelong hatred of absolute monarchy. A special lottery, which he manipulated to his advantage, was his first financial killing...