Sentence:  [W]hen I reach the bridge and begin to run across it, I will pray that the sniper who killed old man Samir yesterday and little Lejla the day before, is looking the other way, or moving position as the snipers do, or warming his fingers round a mug of hot coffee, or glancing up and downing a <WSD>slivovic</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from distilled, fermented plum juice.