Word: jankovcova
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Last week a woman, 57-year-old Ludmila Jankovcova, became Deputy Premier of Czechoslovakia. Brisk, businesslike Ludmila, a competent economics teacher, began political life as a Socialist and a disciple of Czechoslovakia's honored Masaryk-Benes liberalism. She won two medals for her anti-Nazi underground activity in the war, but lost her husband (the Germans shot him). She became a changed woman. When the Communists destroyed Czech democracy in 1948, Ludmila stood by without a quiver, and even helped the Communists to swallow up her own party. Oldtime friends couldn't understand the switch, but Ludmila knew...
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