Word: havelent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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History keeps its own peculiar rhythms, sometimes rewarding the lowly and punishing the mighty with a brutal speed that leaves spectators gasping. Once imprisoned playwrights suddenly become Presidents (witness Vaclav Havel); dictators suddenly become jailed pariahs (witness Erich Honecker, among others). And sometimes history conspires to undo a leader who had so completely embodied the spirit of the times that she seemed destined to govern forever...
...major danger is that falling living standards, large-scale unemployment and political rivalries will produce the kind of aggressive nationalism that has caused the region so much grief in the past. People are all too ready to blame others for their problems. When Havel suggested that Czechoslovakia could not expect open borders with the rest of Europe if it kept its own frontier with Poland closed, he found no echo among his countrymen. A survey by the Public Opinion Research Institute disclosed that while more than 81% of those polled supported Havel generally, only 4% agreed with...
...actress-model who starred in the destruction of Gary Hart's career is getting inadvertent help from a more successful candidate: Vaclav Havel. However, Rice got poor notices for her Virginia performance as a student who offers herself to a professor in the Czech leader's Largo Desolato...
While Klaus' plans are less drastic than the wags imply, he has a reputation for toughness. President Vaclav Havel himself has long argued that Klaus' shock therapy is too severe and would produce civil unrest...
...Havel's moderation suffered a setback last week when Klaus easily defeated the President's candidate to become the new chairman of the Civic Forum alliance. Although aides admitted the vote was a blow to the President, Havel's response was statesmanlike. He invited Klaus for a beer and called in the press to photograph them drinking happily together...