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Word: slovakian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Republic. Meanwhile, in once multi-ethnic Sarajevo, a decree by Bosniak officials introducing compulsory lessons in the Koran to kindergarteners prompted remaining Serbs and Croats to pull their children out of school. "Instead of showing some statesmanship, Bosnian political leaders are practicing petty politics", complains the current OHR chief, Slovakian diplomat Miroslav Lajcak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bosnia Test the Obama Administration? | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...playing in front of a few thousand people regularly.”After Wintner’s years with Canada’s junior hockey team and even a brief stint with Slovakia’s Under-18 hockey team (Wintner was born in Slovakia and retains Slovakian citizenship), a recurring hip injury finally forced him to give up on competitive hockey for good. But though Wintner had to forego his hockey career, this jack of all trades refused to say goodbye to sports.“Playing all the different sports helped develop my athletic abilities a little...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HEAD OF THE CHARLES '07: Off Thin Ice | 10/20/2007 | See Source »

...part of the journey. The snakehead then takes the person's passport. He says it's for safety - it's harder to deport someone without ID - but, clearly, holding the document gives him power over his clients. From Russia, the Fujianese cross the forested and poorly patrolled Ukrainian and Slovakian borders by foot at night. Then they are stuffed into a minivan - with up to 12 Chinese crouched in the back - for the trip into the Czech Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreams of Leaving | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...only thing that could end this horrorteurs lovefest, it seems, is if the extreme gore craze starts to suffer from, well, overkill. After Saw III comes Turistas, which is sort of like Hostel with Brazilian bikini girls instead of Slovakian ones. In addition to Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse, 2007 will bring a full sicko slate, including Hostel: Part II, a retooling of Halloween by Zombie and The Hills Have Eyes II. "These movies aren't for everybody," admitted Zombie, the day after he turned in his Halloween script. But they don't have to be. "I see trailers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Splat Pack | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...Hockey should come back smaller and more true to itself, shedding expensive failures in places such as Nashville and Tampa and Equatorial Guinea. The few players who have name recognition will be too old to come back, so we?ll be forced to memorize completely new unpronounceable Swedish and Slovakian names. (Damn you for wasting my time, Miroslav Satan.) Hockey will be for the very few Americans it was meant for. Basically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Someone Has To Miss Hockey | 2/21/2005 | See Source »

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