Word: czechs
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...same sports bureaucrats were still calling foul when Hiddink's methods seemed to be leading to humiliation. In a series of international matches against teams such as reigning champions France, Korea lost and lost and lost, even falling to the lowly rated Czech Republic. Newspapers called for Hiddink's head, railing at him for cruelly pitting the Koreans against superior sides. But the controversial strategy paid off, as the team learned how to sustain its stamina against mightier squads. Three of Korea's key World Cup goals have come late in the game, when Portugal, Italy and the U.S. were...
...life's work. A press statement introducing his latest album observes, in all seriousness: "He can't say himself how many times he has been married since his return from prison, and God alone knows how many children he has fathered throughout the Balkans." The gypsy diva of the Czech Republic, Vera Bila, meanwhile, has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and London's Barbican. But until a few years ago she was working odd jobs cooking and cleaning. Whatever the roots of their popularity, these musicians may be helping preserve the cultural traditions of an entire region. Bands like Taraf...
...Hridel ’02, who won a Stride Rite senior award, jokes that his main hobbies before coming to Harvard were model trains and aquariums. After enrolling at Harvard, he realized that there were few opportunities to participate in these activities. Instead, the affable Czech found that the PBHA structure allowed him to follow his other interests...
...occasions he asked the CIA to find evidence linking Iraq to the terror attacks of Sept. 11. The intelligence agency repeatedly came back empty-handed. The best hope for Iraqi ties to the attack--a report that lead hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi intelligence official in the Czech Republic--was discredited last week...
...uniform. The uniform is a double-breasted Wehrmacht overcoat, for Uncle died for his Fuhrer. It comes as a shock. What is that damn Nazi doing in the Museum of Modern Art? His real home is even more jarring: Richter gave the painting to the memorial in Lidice, Czech Republic, commemorating one of the horrific slaughters of World War II. The image, taken from a family photo, is out of focus, deliberately blurred by dragging a brush through the wet paint or wiping a cloth over it. It looks like memory trying to be recaptured, wavering up to meet...