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...Vienna last week to attend the final session of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. One main purpose of the meeting: to approve the most far-ranging document on human rights since the Helsinki accords in 1975. But Johanes' endorsement only underscored the hypocrisy of the Czech regime. That day, baton-wielding police used tear gas, water cannons and dogs against 4,000 ^ people who were about to begin a peaceful demonstration in Prague's Wenceslas Square. The rally was called to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Jan Palach, a student who set fire...
...days later, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz sharply criticized Czechoslovakia for violating the terms of the conference "but one hour after the adoption of the concluding document." Chastened Czech authorities then allowed 1,500 people to hold a peaceful demonstration while state video cameras surreptitiously photographed participants. The following day, however, police armed with truncheons brutally dispersed a crowd of 2,000 marchers. As ambulances raced around the square picking up bleeding and bruised protesters, other people were pushed into waiting vans and buses. At least 40 were arrested and dozens more injured in the melee. "It was terrible...
...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...
Whether the Brits love Maxwell back is debatable, but certainly a favorite English sport is watching the "bouncing Czech." The business community is both appalled by Maxwell's publicity-mad megalomania and envious of his fiscal ingenuity. Just about everybody is curious about him. Moments after being introduced to Maxwell, Prince Charles turned to one of the publisher's staffers and asked, "But what is he like to work...
...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...