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...have an astonishingly poor view of their nation. In a 2006 study based on polling by the International Social Survey Program, for example, Slovakia ranked as the fourth least patriotic nation out of 33 countries surveyed -the U.S., not surprisingly, was number one. Slovakia's angst began when Czechoslovakia split up in 1993 and Vladimir Meciar became Prime Minister of the new Slovak nation, ushering in four years of autocratic and isolationist rule. The country was considered such a backwater during those days that then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once famously referred to it as "the black hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patriotism by Decree in Slovakia | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...pitcher led the Harvard softball team to a split at this weekend’s Amy S. Harrison Classic in Riverside, Calif. The Crimson is now 4-5 on the season, with all of its wins credited to Brown...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Consistent as Harvard Splits Weekend | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

After several minutes of laughter and missteps, Hoff split the class into three groups, and while each group performed what they had learned, shrieks of encouragement and “Go girl!” resounded throughout the room. For most participants, it didn’t matter whether he “put a ring on it” because, by the workshop’s end, everyone in the room was dancing like a diva...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I Am...Fierce | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

After months of posting qualifying times for IC4As and ECACs, the Crimson split up, with the men heading to the BU Track and Tennis center for IC4As and the women taking on the ECAC field at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Track Closes Indoor Season with School Records | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...three-way split of the Protestant vote among the DUP, the TUV and the moderate Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) could throw power sharing into complete disarray and allow Sinn Fein to emerge as Northern Ireland's largest party. That would mean a Sinn Fein politician, most likely Martin McGuinness, would assume the role of First Minister. The prospect of serving as McGuinness's deputy would be anathema to most Protestant politicians, and the government could well fall apart. (See pictures of the British army leaving Northern Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Divisions in Northern Ireland Are Reopening | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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