Word: balkanize
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England, in a much stronger position than it was six months ago, may turn Adolf Hitler's latest coup in the Balkans into another African campaign, William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, and expert in Balkan affairs said yesterday...
...Greek seaport of Thessalonice, or Saloniki, holds the key to the tricky Balkan situation," he said, explaining that this city, located in the strip of Greece that borders on Bulgaria, can be used as a base for operations against the Germans as they sweep down towards Greece...
Last week many political experts wrote many long-and contradictory-opinions on the Balkan situation. The big problem was the exact meaning of last fortnight's non-aggression pact between Bulgaria and Turkey. It was, some of the experts said, a brilliant political stroke by the Axis, a sign that Turkey had no intention of opposing a Nazi seizure of Bulgaria. On the other hand, others said, the pact meant that if Bulgaria was walked over by Germany, Turkey would not grab at Bulgarian territory-and Turkey's alliance with Britain was intact. Turkish Foreign Minister...
Adolf Hitler, as usual, was moving rather faster than the political experts' thoughts. While they ruminated on the Balkan subtleties, Hitler's grab of Bulgaria was in full swing-Turkey or no Turkey...
...been smuggled out of Stalinland and she because her father (tap irvisaged Felix Bressart) was too nosey. But though Hedy's only a valet's daughter, she can wear as well as press the pants. Stealing a Russian tank, she leads Gable and half the Red horde in a Balkan invasion as part of one of the funniest reels in film history. The picture as a whole, however, is not quite so hotchka as "Ninotcha." Where Garbo used a scalpel in her satirical analysis, Gable uses a sledge hammer. Despite its heavy-handed anti-Marxisms, though, "Comrade X" is topnotch...