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The Lesson of The Games

Zoe Tsine
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September 03, 2004

NEW YORK. - Sure, the Olympics can entertain, we knew as much before Athens. But can they educate? From the very beginning of its Olympic bid to last month’s opening ceremony, Greece had made a ...

Vision and The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight

Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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September 03, 2004

Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, has added one more title to the current torrent of books that hope to influence the 2004 elections from all sides. She wr...

To the People of Greece: We Apologize

Ann Killion
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September 03, 2004

ATHENS.-The Greeks could sue for defamation of character. They could demand an apology from the world. Instead they just shrug and order another frappe....

She’s the Life of the Party, But the Party’s Almost Over

Susan Sachs
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August 27, 2004

ATHENS. - The night after overseeing a picture-perfect opening ceremony, the Greek socialite who organized the Olympic Games celebrated with a private fireworks display at her spacious house in the su...

Rewriting History Does Not Make It So

August 27, 2004

The Pan-Macedonian Association of U.S.A., whose members’ origins stem from the Macedonia Province of Greece and who are an integral part of the more than 1.15 million (per 2000 U.S. census) Gree...

A View From the Diaspora

Jorge Sotirios
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August 20, 2004

A contentious email has been circulating on the internet of late on why Greeks worldwide should be proud of their heritage. It comprises 77 pithy reasons to be cheerful. Now to the outsider it may see...

A Magnificent Olympiad

Dr. D.G. Kousoulas
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August 20, 2004

Against all odds, and in spite of all misgivings, Greece has succeeded in offering the world a magnificent Olympiad. The opening ceremony was “breathtaking,” in the words of the Washington...

The Media; Power Unbridled

Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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August 20, 2004

Does anyone still believe that the mass media report rather than determine the news? If so, the summer of 2004 should disabuse that naive soul of that very quaint notion. In one case, a co...

Critical Olympic Coverage Predates Athens 2004

Dr. Manolis Paraschos
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August 13, 2004

As Greece recently became a daily source for news in the world’s press because of the Olympics, many thought the coverage was especially harsh....

The Kurds and American Foreign Policy

Dr. Andre Gerolymatos
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August 13, 2004

There is an old saying among Kurds in Northern Iraq that predicts: “Kurds are born to be betrayed.” This dark proverb underscores the numerous times that a variety of monarchs, countries, ...

Strikes During the Olympics?

Dr. D.G. Kousoulas
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August 06, 2004

I hope the reports are inaccurate or overblown, but the story which appeared in the Washington Times seems to be too specific for comfort. “Ambulance drivers, paramedics and hotel workers all an...

A Major Accomplishment Nonetheless

Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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August 06, 2004

Will it be worth it? Greece, still technically the poorest country among pre-enlargement Europe, dropped $7 billion on preparations for a 16-day event. This works out to about $400 million...

The 9/11 Commission, the Middle East and the U.S. Election

Dr. Andre Gerolymatos
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August 06, 2004

It is wrong to assume that the defeat of George Bush in November will end the war in Iraq. Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. election, the geopolitical map of the world–let alone the M...

Greek Myths

Nicholas Gage
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July 30, 2004

ATHENS.-Although the Summer Olympics are still a few weeks away, one event has already started and threatens to dominate all the others—the rush to judgment....

Wolfowitz’s Conflicts of Interest

Gene Rossides*
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July 30, 2004

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, former chairman of the Defense Policy Board Richard Perle, and Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith, are the persons in the Defense Department primarily...

An Olympian Contest, 200 Years Old

Susan Nagel
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July 30, 2004

With the Olympic Games soon to open in Athens, one of the more bitter rivalries in history is set to resume, and it doesn’t involve parallel bars or water polo....

Was It Really a Football Game?

Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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July 23, 2004

We drove into Sparta a few minutes after Greece defeated the Czech Republic and drove straight into a demonstration whose enthusiasm begs description....

Clergy-Laity Congress: Feast or Famine?

Harris P. Jameson
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July 23, 2004

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Some Greek Americans are concerned that the upcoming Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Church in America may end up being more ceremonial than a genuine attempt to chart a...

A Saddam Hoax?

Dr. D.G. Kousoulas
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July 23, 2004

A few days ago, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published its report, which asserted that the intelligence community and especially the CIA had “overstated” the evi...

What Should U.S. Policy Be On Cyprus?

July 16, 2004

The current U.S. policy towards Cyprus is not new. Since 1974 U.S. policy on the Cyprus problem has been a foreign policy failure and could be called a scandal.

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