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...former member of the Labor Party in the British Parliament, Maxwell describes himself as a proud British citizen, although he was born in Czechoslovakia. He now resides in London...
Jonas said she thinks the students' actions are an abuse of free speech, citing their harmful effects on those offended by the flags. "I know how it feels to see the swastika," said Jonas, who grew up in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation of that country. "I remember hearing the loudspeakers shout the hatred...
This is one of those big, demanding, convoluted novels that no one is supposed to have the time to read anymore. Furthermore, its author, Josef Skvorecky, who left Czechoslovakia for Canada after Soviet tanks put an end to the Prague Spring of 1968, displays a leisurely, literary sensibility, as if words on a page could still hold their own among sound bites and photo ops. Worst of all, the book's subject -- the lives of ordinary Czechoslovak citizens under the unpredictable pressures of Soviet occupation -- is already, given the torrential crush of current events, an outdated story. The tanks...
...smiling face, symbol of Czechoslovakia's Civic Forum, may be turning to a frown. Beset by internal wrangling over policy in the newly emancipated nation, the popular alliance that swept the communists out of power 15 months ago and installed dissident playwright Vaclav Havel as President is splitting into two factions, already represented in Parliament: the conservative Club of the Democratic Right (CDR) and the Liberal Club...
Last week's visit to Harvard Medical School by medical students from Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia, was a rewarding educational experience for both parties involved. Thanks largely to our guests' remarkable fluency in English, we were able to share with them some of the innovations in our medical curriculum--both the "Common Pathway," as it is now called, and the Health Sciences & Technology (HST) programs--and learn about the challenges they face as students in a radically shifting society. Communication was truly the key to the project's success...