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...Friday, Jakes and all 13 other members of the ruling Politburo resigned en masse, admitting that they had taken insufficient measures to bring about democratic reform in the country. Within hours Jakes was replaced by Karel Urbanek, 48, party leader of the Czech republic. Urbanek played no role whatsoever in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the principal condition set by opposition forces for the choice of a new party leader. But his views on reform are far from clear, and some observers saw him as a - transition figure. Jubilation over Jakes' departure was further tempered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Our Time Has Come | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...party chief Karel Urbanek, addressing the meeting, said the Central Committee will make further personnel changes following a major shakeup in the ruling party last Friday. He also proposed an extraordinary party congress on January 26 which would have the power to elect an entirely new Central Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Czech Premier Meets Opposition Leaders | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...Czechoslovakia more than 15,000 students in Prague last week staged the largest protest rally in two decades. "This is better than in 1969 because the atmosphere is much better," said Karel Srp, head of the dissident group Jazz Section, recalling the way an angry populace had reacted after the defeat of its brief fling with liberalization in the spring of 1968. "Now we know we can win. This is unstoppable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Irresistible Tide | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...small majority" of masters favor some degreeof randomization, Dunster House Master Karel F.Liem said...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Masters Agree Lottery Changes Needed | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

...presented a blueprint for the future of the Continent as a whole. Will Gorbachev's "common European house" mean political as well as economic integration with the West? Will the Warsaw Pact remain intact? Will the two Germanys reunify? "Before you start taking an old structure down," says Karel Doudera, a Czech expert on German affairs, "it is not a bad idea to have in hand the materials for the new one. But in this case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Goes the Bloc | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

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