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Apart from the active support of the American Military Mission in Greece, the Pentagon's representative, the Colonels receive help from, and probably owe their jobs to, the CIA. Before the coup, Colonel Papadopoulos was chief liaison between the CIA and its Greek counterpart, the KYP. The latter is directly financed and controlled by the CIA. The head of the CIA in Greece, James M. Potts, refers to Papadopoulos as his "son." Thomas Pappas, a Boston Greek-American businessman who owns Esso-Pappas, the leading oil company in Greece, has publicly declared how proud he is to work...
...owe the American people more than political indignation and blind zeal. We owe them thought, competence and knowledge. If we permit the destruction of the university, we would betray our own direct responsibility...
...Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish newspaper in New York. "To be a freelancer working for only one newspaper is a very bitter business," he said. "Every month there was the problem of paying my rent, which was about twenty dollars. But somehow I managed. I don't owe a penny rent," he finished proudly...
...relation to clients involved in cases against Harvard. CLAO often suggests that these clients take their cases to Cambridge Legal Services (CLS), but CLAO will still represent them if the lawyers feel they can do a fair job. "We don't feel we're Harvard axmen and that we owe anything to Harvard, even though our salaries come from Harvard," Newman said...
...four needs to maintain a "moderate" living standard in New York. Stafford's is a family of six. Like many other Post Office men, he moonlights. Sometimes he is a bartender, sometimes a chauffeur. "I can't afford not to strike," the husky Stafford says. "I owe it to my family to provide them with a decent living...