Word: greeks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...governor, Harding had become identified with the policy of repressing EOKA underground terrorism by hangings, curfews, communal fines and 20,000-soldier man hunts. He deported Archbishop Makarios for leading the Greek Cypriot agitation for union with Greece, and publicly declared that Britain should never negotiate with him. Clearly, if Britain hoped to negotiate a political settlement, Harding...
...busy lobbying for next month's U.N. Cyprus debate, Archbishop Makarios shrugged: "A solution is just a matter of time. Cyprus will be free." But Turkey's President Celal Bayar still growled that Turkey will never let an island 40 miles off its coast fall into Greek hands. Most hopeful solution: an independent Cyprus within the British Commonwealth, with defense facilities on the island to be British in fact, but NATO's in name...
...tours to big cities and small towns. There was scarcely a well-known musician or musical group, American or European, that was not set to take off across the land. They could be ticked off right down the alphabet from A to Z (with the exception of X, since Greek Pianist Anna Xydis is not touring the U.S. this season): Contralto Marian Anderson, the Budapest String Quartet, Pianist Robert Casadesus, Soprano Lisa Delia Casa, Violinist Mischa Elman, Violinist Zino Francescatti, Pianist Emil Gilels, Pianist Clara Haskil, Pianist Eugene Istomin, the Juilliard Quartet, Harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick, Baritone George London, Violinist Nathan...
...throne for himself, the legendary Greek hero Jason sought and found the fabled Golden Fleece, outward symbol of all that was most rich and rare. Today's Jason is another golden Greek, the modern-day Argonaut Stavros Spyros Niarchos, 48 (TIME, Aug. 6, 1956), whose tanker fleets gird the globe, bring in a train of wealth and credit that affords Niarchos comforts and pleasures beyond even Jason's imaginings. Niarchos has a Long Island estate, a Manhattan triplex, a penthouse atop London's Claridge's, a princely hótel particulier in Paris...
...browsing, Niarchos relies on auction catalogues, a network of watchful employees and the tips (as well as enthusiasms) of his well-heeled collector friends. His behind-the-scenes maneuvering reached a climax when he bought the Robinsons' collection without seeing anything more than a catalogue (though his handsome Greek wife Eugenie, who often drops in at galleries, did fly to Los Angeles under an assumed name for a firsthand look...