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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of balkanize.

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Examples

  • Affirmative action does not presuppose the desirability of what I called a balkanized society, nor is there any real danger that it will in fact produce one.

    The Bakke Case: An Exchange Glazer, Nathan P. 1978

  • While the public school system should seek "to integrate children of all backgrounds into a diverse society," she said, having what she called balkanized schools, "serves to isolate them."

    Gotham Gazette: New York City News and Public Policy 2009

  • And States could re-ordain themselves in various leagues together and regional working groups, and so on -- like the way the 'balkanized' USSR is going on.

    Hours of my life, wasted by The New York Times (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Administration officials want consensus on global capital and leverage rules so that each country has similar standards and there isn't a "balkanized" system, as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned.

    Nations Urge G-20 Commitment to Revamp Economic System Bob Davis 2010

  • Administration officials want consensus on global capital and leverage rules so that each country has similar standards and there isn't a "balkanized" system, as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned.

    G-20 Urged to Act on Economy Bob Davis 2010

  • Administration officials want consensus on global capital and leverage rules so that each country has similar standards and there isn't a "balkanized" system, as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned.

    G-20 Urged to Act on Economy Bob Davis 2010

  • Administration officials want consensus on global capital and leverage rules so that each country has similar standards and there isn't a "balkanized" system, as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned.

    G-20 Urged to Act on Economy Bob Davis 2010

  • Wasn't there a Russian professor who has done work on how the USA is almost assured to become "balkanized" in the future due to the differences that would become more clear as the

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Game developers warn FCC of "balkanized" Internet: Meeting with the FCC on the last day for comments on its net neutrality proposals, a sextet of online game developers warns that the whole idea of priority Internet access deals with the big ISPs gives them the jitters.

    Ars Technica 2010

  • Game developers warn FCC of "balkanized" Internet: Meeting with the FCC on the last day for comments on its net neutrality proposals, a sextet of online game developers warns that the whole idea of priority Internet access deals with the big ISPs gives them the jitters.

    Ars Technica 2010

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