Word: kos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...From Kos, one of the twelve Greek Aegean islands seized by Italy during the Italo-Turkish war of 1912, there came last week news of an able ecclesiastical strategem. Just before Dictator Pangalos was overthrown the local Greek Archbishop was commanded by the Italian authorities to offer prayers for Dictator Mussolini. He, wily, offered a simultaneous prayer for Dictators Mussolini and Pangalos, humored the pan-Greek leanings of his congregation. Arrested by the irate Italian police for praying for General Pangalos, he said: "You know that General Pangalos and Dictator Mussolini are great friends. They are both Dictators. They have...