Word: czechoslovakias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great surprise that in 1975 Czechoslovakia's Martina Navratilova jumped the fence to begin her independent quest for U.S. citizenship and a ranking as the world's No. 1 woman tennis player. As shaped by New York Times Sports Columnist George Vecsey, this appealing Reds-to-riches story is as impatiently direct as Navratilova's game. Points are made quickly, aggressively and with authority. "You need a tank to beat me," she tells a haughty Soviet opponent after the U.S.S.R. had invaded Czechoslovakia. The Americanization of Martina begins with a move to Beverly Hills and the purchase of a silver...
When Navratilova reached the free world from Czechoslovakia -- a new capitalist in a candy store -- Evert was already the established ice maiden of tennis and the national standard of physical femininity. She set the parameters for acceptable female athleticism in the U.S., relentless but reserved, dedicated but demure. She drew the chalk line for everything in tennis and life that was ladylike, such as baselining and marrying. Navratilova stepped over the line. No, she leaped over...
Born 53 years ago, in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, Forman was already a significant cinema voice before his arrival in the U.S. He had helped unleash the Czech new wave of the 1960s with a trio of wry social comedies: Black Peter, Loves of a Blonde and The Fireman's Ball. But in 1968 the Prague Spring ended abruptly to the rumble of Soviet tanks, and shortly thereafter Forman went to New York City to shoot his first American film, the gentle, generation-gap comedy Taking Off. "I've never been political," he insists, "not in Czechoslovakia, not in this country...
...being courted by Hollywood, the filmmaker is still a fan. "I admire the vitality and variety of American films," he says. "Where else do you get a Star Wars, a Places in the Heart and a Stranger Than Paradise?" Though still married to an actress who remained in Czechoslovakia with their two sons, Forman is now an American moviemaker with few regrets. "I certainly don't think my art has suffered from my being in Hollywood," he declares. "I am doing the kind of films I always wanted to do." In Caslav or Culver City, that's called a happy...
anti-Communist, really "just a young brat writing graffiti on the walls." But in Czechoslovakia, that meant he was frequently jailed. So in 1975, when she was ten, Porizkova moved to Sweden with her parents, and by 18 she had dazzled much of Europe as a top Paris model. Then she came to New York City where she now earns $300,000 a year with the Elite modeling agency. She is here on a working visa and has not yet decided to seek citizenship. "What I love and hate about the U.S. are the same things. I hate that there...