Word: greekness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...young King, that moment seemed to have arrived last week. As he saw it, the junta had lost face in Greece by bowing to Turkish demands to pull out 8,000 Greek troops from Cyprus - though its willingness to compromise had undoubtedly prevented a war and an irreparable rupture in NATO...
...Greeks," the recorded speech said, "the moment has come for you to hear the voice of your King. Today I put an end to anomaly and violence. I ask the Greek people to assist me in re-establishing the moral values that were born in this land. The change that takes place today will not allow the prevalence of a spirit of revenge against those who committed errors. But I wish to make it clear to all that I will no longer tolerate any disobedience, which will be stamped out mercilessly...
...strength is the love of the people," is the motto of the Glicksburg dynasty from which Constantine springs. No Greek king should take it too seriously. The army is the royal source of strength in Greece. Constantine had on his side some of the generals who had won their stars by royal favor, but he underestimated the degree to which the junta had won the junior officers over to its side. Constantine also miscalculated his own popularity among the people. Danes, not Greeks, the royal family draws a $566,000 annual income in a land that, despite recent economic progress...
After reaching Rome, the King spent the day at the Greek embassy, then moved his family into the nearby villa of his cousin, Prince Henry of Hesse. While the royal ladies called in Rome Designer Federico Fourquet and ordered warmer clothes for the colder climate, King Constantine got on with what his father, Paul, once called the business of kingship. He refused to make any public statement, explained to friends that he was still "working to save my country." He made it plain that he would not under any circumstance abdicate, and that he as King still represented Greece...
From that moment on she lived for Fridays only. She sang Greek with Greeks. She hobnobbed with outcasts in the Bick. She shot hypocrisy. Devoured peaches. Drank gin-and-tonics in February. Flashed white gloves. Picked lilacs. Patronized Hattie Carnegie. Slept in churches. Teased Kay and terrified Claire. Laughed all week and cried Tuesdays. Bought Broadway. Clung to The Wings of the Dove. Pressed a morning into a moment...