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...time, under the Dub?ek regime of 1968, things looked better in Nové Zámky, and Koco felt that "we could do what we wanted." But when the Soviets deposed Dub?ek, Koco began planning an escape for himself, his wife Agnes and their two sons, then four and one. A series of devious moves, by way of Belgrade, finally brought them to the dark hills near the Austro-Yugoslav frontier. Leading his elder son by the hand while Agnes followed with the baby, Koco trudged through the night. "Once we heard voices and we hid in a ditch," Koco...
...have been compared with Alexander Dubček of Czechoslovakia. 'We all know that Communism with a human face was not permitted to exist there. Could it happen here...
Finally it was the turn of Costantino Rossi, local secretary of the centrist, anti-Communist Social Democratic Party, to question Berlinguer. "We still recall the image of children, women and workers crushed in the streets of Dubček's Prague," said Rossi in a voice edged with emotion, referring to the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. "What guarantees do we have that it could not happen here?" The question struck a raw nerve in the crowd, which came to its feet in a chorus of unruly hoots and whistles and shouts of "Get out of here!" Some angry...
...regarded as an archfoe of détente and disarmament. Although his precise role in the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia has long been a matter of debate, many East Europeans are persuaded that he played a decisive part. Grechko apparently argued that Czech Party Chief Alexander Dubček's political liberalization program was unacceptable from Moscow's point of view and that only a military intervention would keep the country in the Communist orbit. Even today the bullet-riddled façade of Prague's National Museum is known among Czechs as a "fresco...
...poem; it is compellingly dramatic. In style, there may be a bit of Mascagni pageantry here, an arioso there that could have flown right out of Butterfly. But the sound is distinct and modern, punctuated by post-romantic dissonances. Then there are charming interludes peculiar to Janáček. He loved duplicating spoken inflections and rhythms in sung speech. He doted on mini three-and four-note motifs and liked to tuck folk songs and Greek church modes into his music...