"Pare down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... 1897). The little kingdom was speedily overpowered by Turks and Albanians; and despite the recall of their troops from Crete, the Hellenes were unable to hold Phersala and other positions in the middle of Thessaly. The Powers, however, intervened on May 12, and proceeded to pare down the exorbitant terms of the Porte, allowing it to gain only small strips in the north of Thessaly, as a "strategic rectification" of the frontier. The Turkish demand of LT10,000,000 was ...
— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose |
