Word: slavia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will have equal strength, eight seats each. A hyphen will probably be inserted into Czechoslovakia, making it "CzechoSlovakia" according to Prague dispatches, but the Ruthenians want the Republic's name changed to "The State of Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians." Other proposed names with important backing this week: "Western Slavia"; "Central Slavia"; "Slavia...
...Bohemia, where his father scraped a living as a peasant truck farmer. As the youngest, most gifted of the family of ten, Eduard was sent to high school, then the University of Prague. There he became a national figure, not in politics, but as the flashy forward for the "Slavia" soccer team...
...Edgar Anderson spent the summer of 1934 in the Balkans for the purpose of collecting plants and seeds in Bulgaria, Roumania, and Yugo-Slavia. The climate of the Balkan region resembles closely the climate of Boston and it seemed probable that the Balkan strains of such plants as Ivy, Yew, and Box, coming from a climate similar to ours would prove more adsptable here than the more or less tender strains that have already been imported from northern Europe...
...long-awaited "formula" has finally appeared in the quarrel between Yugo Slavia and Hungary. The latter nation, it seems, is to take action against the band of international terrorists within her borders yet she does not admit the existence of any such band. In this way all parties are satisfied, both of the involved governments are strengthened at home and peace reigns...
...present situation, however, the alignment is different. Jugo-Slavia, apparently confident of French support, has taken a threatening attitude towards Hungary. Meanwhile Italy, whose alliance with Hungary has proved to be mutually beneficial, is the natural enemy of the Serb-Croat-Slovene state and urges resistance to its aggressions. Therefore any conflict resulting from this crisis would find France and Italy in opposite camps...