Word: inoussai
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Dates: during 1969-1969
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...Families. The other Greeks ' are members of about 40 old maritime families that intermarry and expand their power in the fashion of Europe's royal dynasties. Almost all of them come from the rocky Greek islands. The neighboring islands of Chios and Inoussai, for example, have produced such shipping families as Lemos, Kulukundis, Pateras, Carras, Papalios-who collectively own more than one-third of Greek shipping. Nothing grows on these rough islands, and the only way to make a living is to go to sea. Traditionally, boys begin as sailors and send their wages back to the island...
...maintains his principal office in London, owns a penthouse in Athens and a home in Rye, N.Y., and has permanent suites at Claridge's in London and the Lausanne Palace. Most of the shipowners return to their home islands for summer vacations. When all the clans gather on Inoussai (pop. 1,500), the net worth of the people jumps to about $4 billion. The other Greeks are perfectly happy to let "Ari" Onassis and Stavros Niarchos capture the headlines. As far as they are concerned, what really counts is not what the outside world thinks of them...
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