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Word: vaclav (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although not well known in the U.S. outside of hockey, he's a hero at home in the Czech Republic, where he sells his own Dominator line of sports clothing. Hasek is mentioned for President. And this isn't a country with Bill Clinton at the helm; they have Vaclav Havel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hockey's Flopper Stopper | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...talented; even last year, he led the league in assists. But this year Gretzky has dealt with persistent neck pain from an injury, and though he's the best player on his team, he has seen his skills deteriorate. After beating the Rangers earlier this year, Buffalo Sabre Vaclav Varada said that stopping Gretzky wasn't challenging. The next time the two teams played, Ranger Todd Harvey chased Varada and punched him in the back of the head. This is a hockey player's way of saying the truth is sometimes difficult to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wayne Gretzky: The Great One Skates Away | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...Recent Commencement speakers include Mary Robinson, U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health, Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, and Vice President Al Gore...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Greenspan to Speak at June Commencement | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

Recent Commencement speakers include MaryRobinson, U.N High Commissioner for Human Rightsand former President of Ireland, U.S. Secretary ofState Madeleine K. Albright, Harold Varmus,director of the National Institutes of Health,Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, andVice President Al Gore...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Greenspan Will Speak at June Commencement | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...those of you who missed the production of Vaclav Havel's 1965 play The Memorandum at the Ex this past Weekend, you should forever regret missing the chance to learn the intricacies and contours of Ptydepe. Junior Martin Hostetler's adaptation of now-Czech-President Havel's madcap satirical comedy was, for the most part, dead-on. The play itself, essentially a lampoon of modern bureaucracy based on the introduction of a scientifically engineered language, "Ptydepe," into a truly bizarre office space, is remarkably relevant to 20-somethings caught up in today's corporate America. Because Havel's material...

Author: By Paul Cantagallo and Patti Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: You Won't Be Able to Read This | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

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