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Word: rakija (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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According to the most coherent (or least sensational) report, Tito's mystery began in the village of Kmrovec, Klanjec county, on the border of Slovenia and Croatia. Klanjec is situated in a region famed chiefly for plump wheat, fat geese, burgeoning plum trees (essential to the manufacture of rakija, Tito's favorite drink), and a sprinkling of minor middle-class watering places (where, presumably, Tito got his first glimpse of the class enemy...

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

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