Word: reformers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dubcek's growing unruliness-and the invasion of his country to bring it back in line-was a near-domestic issue for Moscow, not an international one. This was all the truer because, inside Russia, the youth and intellectuals-among others-seemed electrified by the spectacle of Czechoslovak reform...
...entire Czechoslovak delegation came to Cierna determined to render unto Moscow only what was Moscow's. Two weeks later, East Germany's Walter Ulbricht journeyed to Karlovy Vary and presumably reported to Moscow that the Czechoslo vaks had been completely unchastened by Cierna, that the contagion of reform was sure to spread, both within and without Czechoslovakia...
...were perhaps the first people in Central Europe to develop a sort of natural identity, and their first weapon was religion. They won from Rome the right to conduct their religious services in Slavonic in the 9th century. Partially as a result of this independence, the Czechs started the Reformation 100 years before Luther. The revolt was led by Jan Hus, who called for a reform of the Catholic Church and encouraged laymen to participate in the sacrament of the Eucharist...
...devise for the continent's clergy and faithful "a middle way to social progress with justice." He thus hopes to satisfy the radicals without totally alienating the large number of reactionaries, who are strongly allied with the church. "Seeking evolution, fearing revolution, warning against violence but agreeing that reform is needed urgently, the Vatican is seeking to influence Latin American governments, awaken the conscience of the rich, involve the wealthy nations, and arouse its Latin hierarchy. But all without the church itself risking the loss of its privileges...
Oddly Anachronistic. Thus, in his three-day visit, the Pope tried to identify Catholicism more effectively with reform and with various efforts to ease the social ills of a poverty-ridden continent. Whatever his success, the Pope was clearly moved by the opportunity. Speaking in accented but accurate Spanish to a crowd of peasants outside Bogota, he cried: "Greetings, greetings to you, campesinos of Colombia. And greetings to the workers of the land in Latin America. Greetings, greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Our Savior. We confide to you that this meeting with...