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Word: hitlerina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...attempting to step out of the role of a constitutional sovereign and assume absolute authority. Street demonstrators loudly proclaimed that the King was the tool of his constitutional adviser, Constantine Hoidas, 48, and German-born Queen Mother Frederika, long a popular target damned in placards as "the Hitlerina." But in fact Constantine seemed to be making the essential decisions himself, relying on twelve years of training by his father, the late King Paul, who once observed that "the most important thing is for a King to know the feeling of his people." Did he know that feeling? Most political observers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece: Drinks at the Palace | 8/20/1965 | See Source »

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