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Word: macedonian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, the 22-year-old Macedonian King Alexander charged with his cavalry into the ranks of Persian forces at the Granicus River in what is now Turkey. A Persian soldier clubbed Alexander with an ax, but before he could deal a second and fatal blow, the King's bodyguard killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Roads Not Taken | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...many U.N. types, the glitterati are an unwelcome distraction. "Celebrities draw a lot of attention, but we are trying to do this without the flashing lights," Macedonian UNICEF representative Eddie McLoughney told the Ottawa Times. "We learned a lot from Gere's visit. The problem is the focus can end up on the celebrities and the stir they cause rather than the plight of the children." Certainly, for harried aid workers spending their days trying to keep the teeming camps organized, peaceful and above all sanitary, the pint-sized stampedes set off by goodwill ambassador Moore's cratefuls of Teletubbies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Wear Your Tuxedo in Tirana | 5/20/1999 | See Source »

While some top Clinton administration officials (and even Hillary) may be pining for a photo op in the Balkan war zone, they will have to get their snapshots the hard way. When Deputy Secretary of State STROBE TALBOTT flew in to the Macedonian capital of Skopje a few weeks ago in one of the Air Force's Lockheed C-130s, he got the ride of his life. The problem for potential future visitors: Talbott's plane was "painted," meaning that the Serbian military's antiaircraft system had got the plane in its target sight. Talbott's flight crew immediately began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kosovo | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

While some top Clinton administration officials (and even Hillary) may be pining for a photo op in the Balkan war zone, they will have to get their snapshots the hard way. When Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott flew in to the Macedonian capital of Skopje a few weeks ago in one of the Air Force's Lockheed C-130's, he got the ride of his life. The problem for potential future visitors: Talbott's plane was "painted," meaning that the Serbian military's antiaircraft system had got the plane in its target sight. Talbott's flight crew immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Close Call on the Way to the War Zone | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...Nicole M. Christoff '00, a native of Indiana, is currently a government concentrator living in Lowell House. She serves as co-president of Women in Economics and Government. Her tattoo, a symbol of Alexander the Great, is a tribute to her Macedonian ancestry...

Author: By A.a. Carrasquillo, | Title: No Longer Taboo | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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