Word: slovakia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conceived in Czechoslovakia. She was named by her tennis-loving parents for the national heroine and acquaintance Martina Navratilova. By the age of two, the little Martina was playing outdoors, and at five she was playing in tournaments. She spent her first eight years in what is now Slovakia, and after her parents' divorce and her mother Melanie's subsequent marriage to a Swiss computer executive, she moved to Trubbach, Switzerland. Her adopted home has naturally led to her being called Heidi, but Heidi did not sign a five-year deal with the all-powerful International Management Group when...
...meeting attracted students from a wide range of countries. Among the 20 attendees were undergraduates from India, Russia, Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Austria and Bangladesh...
...think it's an absolutely superb idea," said Zuzana Slaninkova '98, a foreign student from Slovakia. "It is a great vehicle of cultural exchange, not only for European students but American and other students interested in Europe as well...
...touring professional team from Slovakia showed a certain savoir faire shooting the rock, connecting on 62 percent from the field. Although Harvard jumped out to a 11-2 lead early in the first quarter, the uncharacteristically sloppy and sluggish Crimson squad succumbed to the Cassovia's blitzkrieg, 85-64. Harvard's laissez-faire defense essentially handed Cassovia a carte blanche, entitling the Europeans to convert 20-of-29 field goal attempts in the first half...
Cassovia head coach Ivan "The Terrible" Vostko--the Pat Riley of Slovakia--expressed disclaim for the American style of play...