Word: greeks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their stubborn four-year fight against Britain, Greek Cypriots had two respected chiefs. For military leadership they looked to daring, irascible George Grivas, the Greek army colonel who led their guerrilla bands. For political and spiritual guidance they relied on black-bearded Archbishop Makarios, head of Cyprus' Greek Orthodox Church and ethnarch of Cyprus' Greeks. Last week, with establishment of an independent Cypriot Republic only five months away, Cyprus' two heroes were at daggers drawn...
...language requirements for both Honors and non-Honors students have also been changed, Cross added. Candidates for either degree must now have a reading knowledge of either Latin or Greek and of at least one modern language. In addition, non-Honors candidates must have one or more Semitic languages, Honors candidates two or more...
...dropping its old requirement for both Latin and Greek, the Department hopes to introduce greater flexibility, Cross said, and to "tailor the requirements better to fit available source material...
Some chaps insist on speaking English before 10 o'clock coffee; for them there is still much to do. Philhellenics (there are many) can meet at Harvard 1 to hear Professor Wade-Gery's views on the Greek Renaissance and Archaic Greek, History 106. And next door in Harvard 3, Professor Pipes pre-dates the "We will bury you" era with History 155, Russia to the end of the Eighteenth Century...
...Rome of 8th century B.C., as described by Duggan, sounds very much like a common European caricature of the 20th century U.S. Rome is slow to war. and quick to extend aid to an enemy once he has been beaten. Its conglomerate citizens-Latin farmers, Sabine hillmen, Etruscan renegades, Greek exiles-are swiftly shaped into a conforming whole; they dress and act alike and are fond of boasting of their superiority over their decadent and vicious neighbors. An Etruscan says, "It's true that you Romans are generous and merciful. But you go about your deeds of kindness...