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Word: kral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Tito drives through the streets of Belgrade in a bullet-proof car, accompanied by tanks and four truckloads of soldiers, crowds yell: "Tito, Ti-to!" (to the familiar rhythm of "Duce, Du-ce!"). Children chant: "Kral se zenio, Tito se borio" ("The King married, Tito fought"). Ancient ballads praising ex-King Peter's ancestor (Kara George, a prominent Serbian hero and hog farmer) are changed to fit Tito. Sample...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Proletarian Proconsul | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

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