The rest of his day will consist of more counseling, punctuated by glasses of slivovitz to drink and little cakes to eat. |
There is a flask of slivovitz underneath the seat, if you should require it. |
And it is hard to imagine big players like the Poles not wanting to showcase Warsaw or Krakow and ply visiting hacks with free slivovitz and customised briefcases. |
You can read his stories of Balkan diplomacy here, in a piece from 1998, and drink a glass of slivovitz in memory of the Ambassador. |
What have they to work for beyond the necessary quantity of maize, slivovitz, and tobacco? |
It is a minor thing in a major life, but one word I will always associate with Richard Holbrooke, who died on Monday, is slivovitz. |