Word: zdenek
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Zdenek Jicinsky, speaking for the opposition, said one proposal was that Slovak dissident Jan Carnogursky be made first deputy premier and other deputy premiers be named from the Socialist Party and the People's Party...
...short, the system that Gorbachev inherits has done its job all too well. As intended, it has stifled the kind of ingenuity and spontaneous assertion that the new Soviet leader now sees as necessary to revitalize his country's economy and society. Says Zdenek Mlynar, a former top Communist Party official in Czechoslovakia who emigrated to Austria in 1977: "The type of human being ideal for the Soviet system is an obedient and reliable person, carrying out orders and directives but devoid of initiative and responsibility." Unlike the Chinese, the Soviets are not inclined to tamper significantly with the basic...