Word: czech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...four siblings in Auschwitz; he escaped by joining the French underground. He had only three years of schooling but was a genius with languages -- he could speak eight by the time he was grown -- and figures. He joined the British forces and in two years transformed himself from a Czech ruffian into a British army officer who was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in charging a German machine-gun position in a Dutch village in January...
...simple of human beings to want to look in on their own progress quadrennially, hoping to gauge how far they have gone by how fast they can go, as if the breed could hope to improve on Emil Zatopek. He was the beau ideal in 1952, a balding Czech about the size of a parking meter, who ran all day and all night with his shirt peeled up and his tongue rolled down. When Zatopek raced, hearts raced. Whoever his modern descendant might be -- the Moroccan Said Aouita, likely as not -- he will almost certainly be in Seoul. Besides North...
...Midnight Swimming (M & W): finals. Gymnastics (W): team compulsories. Basketball (W): U.S. vs. Czech., U.S.S.R. vs. Bulgaria.Volleybal l (M): U.S. vs. Neth...
...Czechoslovak scientists have made several advances in plastics. Bausch & Lomb used materials and techniques patented by the Czechs to produce the first soft contact lenses. Now Czech researchers say they have invented a plastic that can withstand temperatures of up to 4,000 degrees F. American aerospace firms are interested in using it in rocket nozzles...
Those who agreed with McGowan's charge pointed out that the Czech judge had given Thomas her lowest mark and that the East German and Soviet judges had given Witt her highest marks. Yet Witt's coach could also find reason to decry the skating rink's cold war: the U.S. judge gave Witt her lowest score, Thomas her highest. Anyone looking to prove that the voting always split along East- West lines, however, would run into uncomfortable details, such as the fact that Britain scored Witt higher than Thomas...