Word: greeks
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...self-conscious, elaborate ritual burial" of a sort that the church at Paul's time would not have been capable. The Latin inscription, says Bard College's Bruce Chilton, author of a book about Paul, does not reflect Paul's Roman Christian community, which would have written it in Greek...
Empire, Lynch says, is "about a woman in trouble." But even by the standards applied to Lynch's films, which exist in their own genre of weird, Empire is a doozy. It's three hours long, with no real plot, but rather a Greek chorus of Valley Girls cum crack whores, scenes of rabbits watching TV and Dern playing three different characters. At least three; Dern's not sure. "Once David said there were four, and I was like, Wait a minute--what?" she says...
...secular democracy dating from 1923, when Ataturk, one of the world's most influential political figures of the 20th century, proclaimed a republic after almost 500 years of rule by the Ottoman Empire. And although Istanbul is home to synagogues and churches and is also the capital of the Greek Orthodox world, the city remains predominantly Islamic. On the one hand, it is so liberal that during Ramadan fasting is considered a private choice and lunchtime joints are packed. On the other, the sight of women in head scarves, which had all but disappeared, has become increasingly familiar again...
Both Harbater and Pierrehumbert confirm they experienced the same Greek life 30 years...
Turkish troops have occupied the northern half of the island since invading in 1974 in response to an increase in fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots sparked by an Athens-backed coup. But the international community has never recognized the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus that Ankara established, and it has existed in near total isolation ever since. "We will not make a move without it being matched," a Turkish Foreign Ministry official told Time last week. Finland, which currently holds the presidency of the E.U., tried to avert the current crisis by proposing that one Turkish Cypriot port...