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...laid the foundations for Greece's recovery from World War II -and the bloody civil war against Communist insurgents that followed-by stabilizing the drachma, bringing Greece into the Common Market as an associate member, and setting the country on a course toward industrialization. One of his proudest accomplishments was his participation in the 1960 treaty between Britain, Turkey and Greece that guaranteed the independence of Cyprus...
...What was he proudest of? His book. 'And I am always proud of the part Joe and I played in bringing down McCarthy. We were the first to attack McCarthy all out. And I'm proud that my column writing has been not brilliant but sensible and fair. I have an instinct for the center. I'm not a passionate man.' When we left, Stew climbed out of bed, hitched up his blue pajamas and shook hands. Always the gentleman...
...Vrba's proudest boast is objectivity. And his claim to it is valid--he is a man in limbo, a man without traditional allegiances. He has no desire to expound on the subject of Zionist collaboration, but when he saw that it was an issue I wanted to pursue, he endeavored to present his case as cogently and unemotionally as possible. At a meeting last week at Phillips Brooks House, when he raised the question of collaboration after a lecture on the holocaust, he was shouted down and insulted. "I have no axe to grind. And if I have shown...
Wilson has in the past criticized the low-tuition policies of the extensive state university system, which was built up by Rocky and stands as one of his proudest achievements. "I believe," said Wilson in an inauguration encomium to old-fashioned values, "that there is as much dignity in the labor of skilled hands as in the work of highly educated minds...
...enterprise, one of France's proudest, made fine quality watches that commanded 20% or more of the national market until 1969. Then, with competition from cheaper American and Japanese watches, Lip's share of sales fell to 5%. Meanwhile, Fred Lip sold his controlling interest to a Swiss conglomerate. By last April, Lip was headed for bankruptcy. Amid rumors of a shutdown that would lay off 1,300 employees, the workers decided to teach the owners a lesson in management. On June 12 they seized the factory. A week later they began turning out watches from materials already...