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Once George Seferis wrote that it is the plight of an artist who grew on a harsh and secluded bit of earth to throw bottles into the sea, without complaint for a greater reward. Whether the mediterranean land that claimed him is any less remote to us now, the life this poet spent on it doesn't need to be. This bottle is worth finding...
...coordinating committee explained that the military had been forced to depose the monarch because he was too old and weak, both physically and mentally. Further, Haile Selassie was charged with committing crimes against the Ethiopian people and with refusing to take measures that might have alleviated the harsh famine in northern Ethiopia, which has so far taken an estimated 100,000 lives...
Nancy Foreman, George's mother, supported the family and was a harsh disciplinarian to her seven children. "I didn't spare the rod," she says. "I whipped good. I'd get off at 10 o'clock and sometimes I'd whip the rest of the night. Sometimes I took that long to straighten...
...fact, both sides would probably find guerrilla warfare an unstanchable wound. The Turks would undoubtedly keep their promise to be harsh occupiers. The Greeks at the same time would most likely keep their promise to fight the Turks no matter what the odds against them. "Wars of liberation are never won without sacrifices," said a C.L.A. manifesto, "and our people are aware of the possible consequences of our actions." The hope on all sides is that Ankara and Athens can begin talking before the killing on Cyprus starts again...
With the support of compact videotape recorders and small microwave transmitters, the cameras give TV news an undreamed-of flexibility. Breaking stories can be video-taped on the spot and carried back to the station. If deadlines and local traffic are harsh, the material can be beamed direct to the station for taping and editing there. Or, most dramatically, developing stories can be put directly...