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• Zlata Filipovic returned to school after not seeing her friends since the beginning of summer break.

• Filipovic and her friends shared stories about their summers.

• Filipovic continued to take piano and tennis lessons.
• Filipovic's family spent several weekends at their farm house in Crnotina.

• When the war began to breakout, Filipovic's father was called into the police reserves.

• Filipovic suggested the chances of war were nearly "impossible."
• War broke out in Dubrovnik where Srdjan, a family friend, lived.

• Filipovic was suffering from a sinus infection and eventually went to the doctor for antibiotics.

• The Filipovic family celebrated the traditional Christmas with a tree, decorations, and presents as the war loomed.

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• Filipovic enjoyed American culture by watching MTV and American movies like Top Gun and The Witches of Eastwick.

• Filipovic described how going to Jahorina skiing and sledding brought up her spirits.

• Filipovic and her...

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