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Word: mountaineersâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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...These mountaineers???his feudal retainers?are the true and only stable support of his power. At 16, he succeeded to his late father's duties as Chief; and since the second Balkan War he has gradually assumed an increasingly dominant national position, winning other tribal clans to his support with tact and skill. During the two years of his presidency there have been built 300 bridges and almost 1,000 kilometres of roads?a desperate necessity if Albanian commerce is ever to develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALBANIA: Piratical Dictature | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

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