Word: czechoslovakia
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Gaddafi takes most of his ideas from the Koran. He still presents a copy of the holy book to official visitors. To the Ambassador from Czechoslovakia, he once remarked, "You cannot read this. You cannot comprehend it. But keep it by your side. It may help you to ask some questions." The Koran explains Gaddafi's loathing of drink: "With God's help I will stamp out alcohol in Libya, just as Mao stamped out another evil, opium, in China...
...fact, has made him the enfant terrible of the Warsaw Pact countries ever since he came to power in 1965. Harshly orthodox in domestic policy but highly independent abroad, he is the one Soviet bloc leader who has been able to go his own way without provoking a Czechoslovakia-style crackdown. He even goes so far as to say that military blocs have become an anachronism...
...lately met with obduracy from East European leaders. The Poles are reneging on their agreement to repatriate thousands of ethnic Germans. The Czechs refuse to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations until Bonn denounces as null and void from the start the 1938 Munich Agreement that ceded part of Czechoslovakia to the Third Reich. Hungary, in turn, will not deal with West Germany until it first complies with Prague's demands...
...Visits to the famous spas of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Israel, Italy and Spain, designed for sufferers from arthritis, rheumatism, gastric disorders and respiratory ailments...
...Toynbee, who strongly believes that the U.S. should reduce its military presence in Europe, notes that "South Viet Nam has suffered even more than North Viet Nam, and for America's other allies this is rather a warning as to what can happen. The risk of being a Czechoslovakia is less than the risk of being a South Viet...