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...anger. Czechoslovakia has Eastern Europe's strongest democratic tradition, and its modern supporters argued that the country was being left behind by new experiments in Poland, Hungary and even East Germany. But if tradition served as a goad to some, it was lack of a historical memory that helped spur on others. The generation of Czechoslovaks now coming of age did not experience the trauma of the invasion -- and the fear of provoking a new crackdown. Said Martin Mejstrik, a leader of the university strike: "Our parents are still frightened. We are also frightened sometimes, but we have less...
Both victims, who were moderate members of the Basque separatist group Herri Batasuna, had hoped that ending their party's ten-year boycott of the parliament would spur negotiations with Madrid to redress Basque grievances. As news of the murders spread, thousands of Basques went into the streets of Bilbao, San Sebastian and other cities, smashing windows and burning buses and cars...
...Relax technology-transfer regulations to allow sales of such items as personal computers and communications equipment that could spur autonomy...
Fairbanks, who was White's tutor and helped spur his lifelong interest in China, recalled White saying that "he had not come to Harvard for the elms or the banks of the Charles...but rather... `to get this badge which says veritas but which means...
Although the White House argues that lowering the capital-gains rate would spur economic growth, many economists predict that it would add billions to the deficit over the long term. That was the least of considerations, however, in the White House and Congress. Says Speaker of the House Tom Foley: "I see little or no evidence that the Administration is pursuing serious deficit reduction...