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Use in Literature

Slovenia

Slovenia abhors its Balkan pedigree.–Sam Vaknin in The Belgian Curtain (Europe after Communism).

Slovenia processed them.–Shmuel Vaknin in After the Rain.

Their natural counterparts are the ‘Industrial Bases’. Within the former Eastern Bloc, Russia, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia are, to a limited extent, such generators.–Shmuel Vaknin in After the Rain.

The Serbs maintained an armed presence in Macedonia, Kosovo, the Sandzak and even in Slovenia.–Shmuel Vaknin in Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era.

While Serbia was being industrialized and its agriculture reformed, Croatia and Slovenia did not share in the spoils of war, the reparations that Yugoslavia received from the Central Powers.–Shmuel Vaknin in Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era.

Nonfiction Usage

Journalism Usage

Afghanistan - News: February 3, 2002 — Headline: Afghans Led Asylum Seekers in 2001. Excerpt: It says applications rose by 38 percent in central European nations such as the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia. The report explains that people often decide to apply for asylum in these countries because they are unable to reach western Europe.

Afghanistan - News: April 1, 2004 — Headline: NATO Welcomes New Members, Friday. Excerpt: NATO's new members - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria - do not bring a great deal of military muscle to the alliance. But they have, or are developing what NATO officials call niche capabilities, areas of special expertise.

Afghanistan - News: September 27, 2006 — Headline: Rumsfeld Expresses Confidence NATO Will Provide Troops Needed in Afghanistan. Author: Barry Wood. Excerpt: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld travels next to Slovenia where he will meet with NATO defense ministers for talks expected to focus on the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan - News: November 28, 2006 — Headline: NATO Prepares for 2008 Expansion. Author: Scott Stearns. Excerpt: After adding Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the alliance in 2002, there will be no new NATO members at this summit.

Albania - News: November 8, 2005 — Headline: Holbrooke Says Kosovo Should be Independent. Author: Barry Wood. Excerpt: Mr. Holbrooke was the principal negotiator in drafting the 1995 Dayton accord that ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, another constituent part of the former Yugoslavia. While advocating eventual membership for all of the former Yugoslav republics in the European Union, Mr. Holbrooke says, with the notable exception of Slovenia, which has already joined, none of the western Balkan states are currently ready for membership.

America - News: March 4, 2004 — Headline: US Officials Say Progress Made in Visitor Fingerprint Program, but Critics Cite Problems. Excerpt: The issue is further complicated because although almost all current European Union members are exempted, only one of the bloc's new member countries, Slovenia, is part of the waiver program. That means that come May 1, when the new members are formally admitted to the EU, there will be several eastern European countries that are EU members, but will face immigration scrutiny that their fellow members do not.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Slovenia 1
• Nonfiction Usage 2
• Journalism Usage 2
• Legal Usage 27
• Governmental Usage 29
• Bibliographic Usage 42
• Encyclopedic Usage 150
• Lexicographic Usage 163
• Index 191