Word: tridominium
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...year adventure in partnership-even though it is a queer partnership when the Greeks refuse to be a partner. Partnership would divide the Greek Cypriot majority and the Turkish Cypriot minority on Cyprus into separate legislative councils, and would bring the Athens and Ankara governments into a kind of tridominium rule with Britain. This, the Greeks argued with good cause, would merely freeze the hatreds of the island for the next seven years...
...Plan. It was a bitter beginning for Britain's hapless "adventure in partnership," the plan to freeze the status of Cyprus for seven years, during which the Turkish and Greek governments would be drawn into running the island's day-to-day affairs in a kind of tridominium. The Greeks were dead set against any plan to get Turkey into the act. As the deadline for the plan's start approached...
...Cyprus, the undeclared truce that has been in force since Britain announced its plan for a tridominium came to an end in the bloodiest week yet of vengeful bombings, shootings and riots. The death toll: twelve Greek Cypriots, ten Turkish Cypriots and two British soldiers. Harassed British Governor Sir Hugh Foot persuaded the leaders of both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities to join him in an unprecedented appeal for calm...
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