Word: balkanize
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...Balkan Marshal...
Other circumstances have changed. The Russians were gratified at the collapse of Italy, but Joseph Stalin still wanted a second front in Western Europe. He vetoed Churchill's evident desire for a Balkan invasion. The Balkans have remained un-invaded...
House drafted Bonsal to serve as his interpreter. Later, when the Peace Conference was being planned, Colonel Bonsal was called in again, first as adviser on Balkan affairs, then as interpreter for House and Wilson at secret meetings where no stenographic notes were kept and no official translations made. He kept his diary at Wilson's insistence. When he told the President that he was afraid the entries were indiscreet, Wilson said: "You can't be too indiscreet for me. I give you full absolution in advance...
Battle of Boots. The guerrillas have few trucks and armored cars, have to make up the lack with bravery and footwork. In the ice and cold of the Balkan winter they need, first of all, good shoes. That is why, rear Lipovac in Western Bosnia, shoeless Partisans attacked a column of 400 lorries transporting German reinforcements, hit them fast and hard, then withdrew to the snowy mountains. Hundreds of Partisans at last had shoes, taken from Hitler's hated soldiers...
...which comes only from watching him work in a small joint where his extraordinary gusto can not only bounce forth but also reach him on the rebound from a close and delighted audience. Then Jimmy reaches a comic violence that makes his audience feel like spectators at a small Balkan...