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Word: vesilinov (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Yugoslavia, a dictatorship which is trying harder & harder to assume democratic trappings. One day last week Yugoslavia's Parliament met to select a President in line with the nation's new constitutional reforms. Sounding for all the world like a Balkan Alben Barkley, old Yugoslav Communist Jovan Vesilinov rose to his feet to place in nomination the name of that great statesman, that friend of the people-Marshal Josip Broz Tito. The Parliament cheered. Were there any other nominations? asked Speaker Josip Vidmar. The Parliament roared with laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Who's Against Tito? | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

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