Word: greeks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Western alliance had been softened by destalinization, shaken by the British-Greek dispute over Cyprus, severely strained by headlong Anglo-French action in the Middle East. But John Foster Dulles was nonetheless confident that the damage could be repaired and that this week's NATO sessions would "strengthen the bonds that unite the treaty members to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples...
Twenty-four hours later, arriving in Belgrade on a good-will visit, Greek Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis warmly clasped the proletarian paw of Marshal Tito. The inconsistency was more apparent than real: Greece's alliance with Communist Yugoslavia is designed to protect them both from Russian attack. Reaffirming Greek-Yugoslavian solidarity, Karamanlis admitted that the Balkan Pact which links Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey is currently "sleeping"-and will continue to slumber until Turkey and Greece are able to settle their differences over Cyprus...
TOWARD the end of the 16th century a strange, aloof figure - came to the Spanish hilltop town of Toledo. His origins were obscure, and his name-Domenikos Theotokopoulos-was so difficult that he was called simply El Greco (The Greek). He said he was born in Crete, boasted that he had been a student of Titian and, as one Toledo Spaniard recorded, "he let it be understood that nothing in the world was superior to his art." Certainly the stranger had at his brush tip not only Titian's designs but also all the secrets of Tintoretto...
Anastasia (20th Century-Fox) is a name, derived from the Greek, that means "of the resurrection." It is also the curiously appropriate name of the youngest daughter of Nicholas II, last of the Czars of Russia. Many romantics fondly believe that Anastasia survived the slaughter of the royal family in a Siberian cellar in 1918, escaped with two members of the firing squad, and is living today, an indigent widow, near Stuttgart, West Germany. On Broadway, Anastasia was a financially successful attempt, made in 1954, to resurrect this legend in the dubious form of a Cinderella story, with undertones...
Five prizes are open to competition among undergraduates. Three are awarded for original essays in English with amounts of $500 for first prize, $300 for second prize, and $100 for third. The other two prizes of $100 each are awarded for translations into Greek and Latin. Prize winners will also receive bronze medals, and their names will be printed on the Commencement Program...