Negropont
Negropont Greece: see Évvoia .
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 "Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England)")
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Greece is the word for Dimi fan.
Newspaper article from: Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England); 5/18/2007; 349 words
; ...always talking about Greece and how good a goalkeeper...and that they would see if he would meet...always talking about Greece and how much I love...very different to Greece. Greeks are real...often as he can to see his mother, father...just wants to go and see him every day. ...
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Taxi to Greece? What a fuss ...
Newspaper article from: Suffolk Free Press (Sudbury, England); 6/7/2007; 367 words
; ...sterling]2,000 taxi fare to Greece - but she can't understand what...returned from a 4,000-mile trip to see some of Greece's ancient ruins. Newspapers...Europe to fulfil a dream to see the birthplace and school of...instead. I have loved ancient Greece since I was a little girl and...
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Greece.(dream vacations)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 9/1/2006; ; 57 words
; I would go to Greece because it is so beautiful there. It has the best beaches I have ever seen! It would be fun to see all the sites, including the architecture, the Theater at Epidaurus, the Corinth Canal, and many more. My dad went when he was...
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A surfeit of spies. (Soviet spy ring in Greece)
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/15/1985; ; 700+ words
; THE SOVIET ambassador to Greece, Igor Andropov, has not had many good...well-entrenched espionage/subversion network in Greece has seriously damged their regional...served a lengthly stint (1978 to 1985) in Greece as the Soviet Embassy's first secretary...
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Greece: like any other European country?
Magazine article from: The National Interest; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...1990s, it became fashionable to portray Greece as an awkward partner or indeed a black...term Balkans in a pejorative fashion, Greece was behaving like a Balkan country in...cutting across the European continent.(1) Greece found itself on the wrong side of Huntington...
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Now it can be told. (Soviet role in Greece)
Magazine article from: National Review; 2/3/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...a major aim of the KGB's foreign-policy operations in Greece was to spoil American-Greek relations, especially regarding...purported advantages of removing American nuclear weapons from Greece: the KGB sponsored active measures supporting the idea...of the presence of nuclear weapons on the territory of. ...
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Let the games succeed.(Editorials)(Much hinges on Greece's Olympiad)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 8/13/2004; 520 words
; ...character depends on what happens over the next XVII days. Greece's problems in preparing for the 28th Olympiad have been...twice the initial estimate. The advent of the euro gave Greece a strong currency, making a trip to the Olympics relatively...more expensive for American tourists. But on opening day, ...
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European Communities: A report from Greece and Albania.
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; Greece is said to be the most anti-American country in Europe...American campus? The first thing an American is told in Greece is, Don't say anything about terrorism -- meaning, domestic terrorism, with which Greece has had a problem. The Greeks are very sensitive to criticism...
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U.S. Exporters: Don't Let It Be "All Greek" to You!(forecasting Greece's import market)
Magazine article from: AgExporter; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...structure, the business landscape of today's Greece is changing, creating exciting opportunities...and variety. So although, in the past, Greece has offered limited prospects for U.S...a market of promise. The Greek Economy Greece has a population of 10.6 mil lion, a workforce...
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EGYPT: AGREEMENT TO CREATE JOINT BUSINESS COUNCIL WITH GREECE.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 11/12/2002; 100 words
; ...reported on the signing in mid-October 2002 in Athens, Greece, of an agreement to create a joint business council with Greece. Participating in the ceremony were the Egyptian Ambassador to Greece, Dr. Magda Shahin; the Vice President of the Egyptian...
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Khalkís
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...died there (322 BC). In succeeding centuries the city was used as a base for invading Greece. In the Middle Ages it was named Negropont by the Venetians, who occupied it in 1209. It passed to the Ottoman Turks in 1470 and in 1830 became part of Greece. A diamond-shap...
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Paul II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...was politically and militarily weakened. After the fall of Negropont (present day Khalkis, capital of the island of Evvoia in the...ally, Scanderber, in their attempt to repel the invaders. Negropont had been under the rule of Venice, and Paul's support was...
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Évvoia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...It was ceded to the Ottoman Turks in 1470. The island rebelled against the Turks in 1821 and in 1830 was incorporated into Greece. Its name in the Middle Ages was Negropont [black bridge], for the bridge connecting Khalkís with the mainland.
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