Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...months after the 1968 Soviet invasion ended the Prague Spring of intellectual freedom in his homeland, Czech playwright Vaclav Havel joined many of his countrymen lining up at the U.S. embassy in quest of a visa. Like most of those in the queue, he had something to flee from: the hard-line new government wanted him out and had banned his works from production or publication. Unlike most of the others, Havel had someplace to go: three of his plays had won acclaim in the West, and he had been offered both a job at New York City's prestigious...
Endara's first words to his countrymen on Wednesday were broadcast not by Panamanian radio, which was still controlled by Noriega's forces, but by Radio Impacto in Costa Rica, which had taped him by telephone. On Thursday the new President, under the protection of American soldiers, left the base for his first speech to the National Assembly. He pledged to lead "a government of reconstruction and reconciliation," but by then his fledgling regime distinctly bore the label "Made in U.S.A...
...same time, East European agencies reported, Ceausescu's fall was sealed at a meeting with his security chiefs. Defense Minister Vasile Milea apparently said that his troops would refuse to fire on their countrymen. There seemed to be a split among the Securitate commanders, with only some favoring a continued crackdown. Party spokesmen claimed that Milea then committed suicide, but it was more likely that he was shot by Securitate men. Next morning an unidentified general appeared on television to say, "I am very sorry that my friend the Minister died. It is a lie that he committed suicide." With...