Word: pilsen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stolid central planning coupled with rigid political control. Now, encouraged by Gorbachev's words, reformers within the Communist Party appear to have begun a campaign against conservatives. In the process they have encouraged some public support. GORBACHEV can be seen scrawled on a number of Prague walls, and in Pilsen and Bratislava last month small groups of people waved banners declaring WE WANT GORBACHEV...
...ocratic Ward Committeeman Jesus Garcia: "You can tell where you are from the sounds and the smell of the cooking. In Mexican areas people are doing the taco thing with beans and rice; in Puerto Rican areas it's roast pork and fried rice. If you walk around Pilsen (a Mexican enclave) you'll hear mariachi music; in (Puerto Rican) Humboldt Park you'll hear salsa and conga drums...