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Word: vltava (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...song was finished, the police came to life once more; they advanced on the students, fists and rifle butts flying. Someone drove a bus into the students' ranks. Shots were fired, at least one of the students killed. They were finally pushed down Hradcany Hill toward the gentle Vltava. "Where is my home?" they sang as they retreated. "Where is my home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Police Day | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

...proved a tougher contest than Barbara Ann anticipated. A sharp, high wind off the Vltava River (the Moldau) troubled all contestants in the precise school figure events. And a 53° temperature the day before had thawed the ice in the open-air stadium and left it bumpy and irregular, making it hard for the judges to check the tracings of the figures. Barbara Ann finished her school figures out in front-but two of the seven judges had not picked her for first place. Two days later, in the free skating, Barbara Ann easily distanced the competition, boosted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Babes in Iceland | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

Innkeeper's Delight. Composer Vejvoda, 43 and balding, now runs a pleasant plaster inn on the banks of the Vltava. In his prosperity, he owns two 20-piece bands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Peripatetic Polka | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...Smetana: Vltava ("The Moldau") (Bruno Walter conducting the New York Philharmonic-Symphony; Columbia; 3 sides). Scenic ride, well recorded, on the Czech river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: December Records | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

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