Word: macedonian
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...organ ize a separate Jugoslav-Turkish-Bulgarian entente. The advantages of such an alliance to impoverished Bulgaria were obvious, but there was just one point on which Foreign Minister Jeftitch was insistent. Jugoslavia would join no pact unless the Bulgarian Government could prove its capacity to handle the noisy Macedonian minority that has made life hideous and uncertain in Sofia for many a year. On his honor, Premier Nicholas Mushanoff swore that Bulgarian Macedonians have been as mild as lambs since last June, though up to that time Bulgarian papers reported a Macedonian murder nearly every day. Last major operation...
...midst of the reception the light: of all Sofia suddenly blinked out. Fearfully Union Club members tiptoed about in the dark. "The Macedonians!" All over the city everyone had the same idea. Out of their barracks poured squadrons of mounted police riding like Cossacks. Truckloads more roared up to the Union Club. Half an hour later the lights flickered on again. Engineers at the city power plant had found the trouble-small black kitten which had fallen against a switch and short-circuited the city. To stop all further Macedonian talk the animal's charred body was solemnly carried...
...formulated. The unrest in the Balkans is merely the reflection of this greater uncertainly in the West. The small nations southeast of Vienna consequently vacillate timidly between France and Italy with the shadow of Russia ominously towering in the background. Their own particular bones of contention, such as the Macedonian question, they have temporarily buried, while by adroit guesswork they try to pick the side which will come out on top in the next struggle for power. The star of France is in the ascendant now, but the eventual balance will depend on whether the nations wish to preserve...
...nobly. By Tsar Boris' order the small Palace grounds were thrown open to the people, including Communists who have a majority in Sofia's Civil Government. Popular and fearless, the white-gowned Tsar appeared on the very balcony from which, three weeks ago, he watched while several Macedonian terrorists pumped each other full of lead (TIME...
...good Macedonian," said she, "I could not hesitate...