Word: pr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Increasingly at liberty to speak their own minds, Czechoslovak newspaper and radio columnists fueled the scare. "For God's sake," a Radio Prague commentator addressed Moscow, "don't repeat the tragic experience of Yugoslavia and Hungary." Práce, the trade-union newspaper, editorialized that "any sort of military intervention represents such an adventurist policy that it is unbelievable that any member or responsible body such as the Soviet Central Committee could take it into consideration...
Sundering the Bloc. Práce was most likely correct. Any Soviet attack on Czechoslovakia à la Hungary 1956 would have horrendous repercussions for the Kremlin's foreign policy. It would shatter the carefully cultivated détente Russia has been building with Western Europe. It would sunder the Communist bloc, nearly all of whose members have embraced "polycentrism" as the correct philosophy for relations between Communist countries and Russia. It would make impossible the conference of Communist parties that Russia hopes to convene this year. Nor would it be a military Cakewalk. Since Russian troops left...
When Conductor Istvan Kertesz was taken ill prior to a concert by the London Symphony Orchestra last week, the management asked Composer Oliver Knussen if he would lead the prèmiere of his Symphony...
...improve the image of their parochial school among the congregation. The computer reported thaf most parishioners already thought well of the school; it was the priests themselves who needed to refurbish their image. Parishioners felt that they were not getting enough personal attention from the clergy. The school PR campaign was dropped and the clergy made new efforts to meet with parishioners...
Suddenly, Czechs in Prague and other cities have been snatching up news papers as if they were priceless manu scripts. The normally routine and propagandistic Rudé Právo is usually sold out by midmorning; people regularly besiege kiosks for the livelier afternoon papers. Others have taken to telephoning government agencies, radio and TV stations for information. Cafes are packed as customers argue over their foamy beer. The cause of the excitement is the transformation that is occurring in Czechoslovakia under Alexander Dubček, 46, who only in January ousted Antonín Novotný as boss...