Zina hasanovic is one of the lucky ones – she knows what happened to her husband, haris. as serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed muslim prisoners, haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, mevludin oric. mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. he managed to escape to tell zina of her husband’s fate. why is zina hasanovic referred to as "one of the lucky ones"?

New communication technologies, improved transportation, and advanced military weapons made it possible for countries to speed up acquiring territory. rule large amounts of territory. fight off competition from opposing nations. expand their economies, which aided in conguest.

Danilo has been working for metropolitan taxi for three months. he expected that his job would be to drive around the city, pick up fares, and drop them off at their desired locations, but in his first few days on the job he realized that the job entails much more. he must keep his taxi cab clean and neat, and some days he will be stationed at the shop and go to people's houses to pick them up and bring them to the local airport. within a few months, he has learned that taxi drivers often express frustration with the people they call "civilians"—that is, non–taxi drivers, whose driving skills they complain about incessantly. in his first few months on the job, describes what danilo is undergoing.

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