Word: mediterraneans
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...that the Greeks have, terribly sorry, permanently lost then-marbles. During her tour of the museum, Mercouri admitted that the priceless sculptures were "very well kept. But on foreign earth." Did she really think Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher would ever allow the marbles to leave Britain? Replied Mercouri with Mediterranean magnificence: "Why not? She's a woman...
...agreement further specifies that the security area in southern Lebanon, stretching generally from the Israeli border to a line running east along the Awali River, which enters the Mediterranean Sea just north of Sidon, is to be divided into two zones. The northern sector is to be patrolled by a regular Lebanese army brigade, while the southern is to be patrolled by a territorial brigade made up of soldiers from the immediate area...
...myself (stupidly) as a Roman trireme my tongue as the prow, bronze, pushing at her; she was the Mediterranean. Tiers of slaves, my god, the helplessness of them, pulled oars, long stalks that metaphorically and rhythmically bloomed with flowing clusters of short-lived lilies at the water's surface...
...azure pool, inviting in look but impossible in perspective. Four couples, paired in matching pinks, yellows, lilacs and greens, disport themselves playfully while the estate's elegant mistress lounges provocatively on a poolside chaise. Suddenly a stranger springs into this daydreamer's view of a motley Mediterranean paradise: a macho greaser in shades, tight white pants and black silk shirt. The woman rises and sniffs the wind. This is Italy; an affair is in the air. This is also ballet: they dance. Passion and the poetry of movement mingle in the languid summer eve. But things...
These French naval forces are assigned the mission, in case of war, of blocking Soviet access to the Mediterranean from bases in the Black Sea. The KGB is equally interested in the French development of a sophisticated, miniaturized neutron bomb and a new tactical nuclear missile called the Andes, which has a 250-mile range...