Word: lubomir
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...popular response, so far at least, is to cheat a bit more, which could be an extraordinary feat in this economy. The Czechs were once famous throughout Europe for their strict orderliness and scrupulous honesty, but that reputation is now tarnished. Everyone cuts a corner here, steals something there. Lubomir, for example, is a 34-year-old boiler repairman in the city of Brno. His monthly salary is $350. He works about five hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Thursdays he sells on the black market spare parts that he has filched on the job. Then he spends a long...