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	Czech Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east.
		The Czech parliament (Parlament) is bicameral, with a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) and a Senate (Senát).
		The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the Slavic languages.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/c/cz/czech_republic.html (901 words)

	Czech literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Czech literature is literature of the Czech Republic, most often meaning literature written by Czechs, in the Czech language.
		The founding of the University of Prague, in 1348, by Emperor Charles IV was a mighty factor in the improvement of Bohemian literature in all branches.
		Of all the branches of scientific Bohemian literature the theological is the richest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Literature_of_the_Czech_Republic (2398 words)

	Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Czech: Česko) is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions [1], [2], but this has not caught on in English usage.
		The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Czech: Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sněžka at 1,602 m.
		With a GDP (PPP) per capita of $19,488, the Czech Republic's per-capita output is approximately two-thirds that of the large Western European economies and approximately on par with that of Portugal, Greece and Slovenia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Czech_Republic (1241 words)

	Czech literature - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Literature in the Czech Republic was disproportionately popular and important since early 19th century, as culture became something of a substitute for politics in stifled conditions of Austria-Hungary and then again in Nazi and Communist dictatures.
		Perhaps it is indeed significant that the dissident movement was comprised largely of intellectuals (compared to Poland's working-class, trade-union origins), however those who ascribe excessive importance to the fact that the well-known playwright Václav Havel was elected president are usually naive and mis-informed, viewing him as a philosopher-king of earthly Utopia.
		Czech literature is nowadays, even in historic view, meant as literature written by Czechs, in Czech language.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Czech_literature (343 words)

	Czech Republic - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Czech Republic or Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
		The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, whose head of state is a president, indirectly elected every five years by the parliament.
		The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Labe (Elbe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sněžka[?] at 1,602 m.
	openproxy.ath.cx /cz/Czech_Republic.html (993 words)

	Literature (from Czech Republic) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The modern Czech nation was inaugurated on Jan. 1, 1993, when the union with Slovakia, dating from 1918, was dissolved; the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia controlled the federal government from...
		Of the two new countries, the Czech Republic was the larger, with a land area of 30,441 square miles (78,842 square kilometers), compared to Slovakia's 18,919...
		The term Russian literature is used to describe the literature of different areas at different periods, from the loose confederation of East Slavic tribes known as Kievan Rus that originated in the 10th century to the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union to present-day Russia.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-39465?tocId=39465 (907 words)

	Czech Republic - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika) is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
		The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonose, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Snezka at 1,602 m.
		Basically one of the most stable and prosperous of the post-Communist states, the Czech Republic has been recovering from recession since mid-1999.
	open-encyclopedia.com /CZ (973 words)

	Czech Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Czech: Česko) is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko2.htm, http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko1.htm, but this is controversial in the Czech Republic http://www.radio.cz/en/article/53850 and has not caught on in English usage.
		The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Czech: Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Snezka at 1,602 m.
		With a GDP (PPP) per capita of $19,475, the Czech Republic's per-capita output is approximately two-thirds that of the leading European economies.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Czech-Republic.htm (1044 words)

	Czech literature -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Czech literature is nowadays, even in historic view, meant as literature written by (A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic) Czechs, in the (Click link for more info and facts about Czech language) Czech language.
		(Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)) Václav Havel
		The founding of the University of Prague, in 1348, by Emperor Charles I was a mighty factor in the improvement of Bohemian literature in all branches.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cz/czech_literature.htm (2801 words)

	Czech Republic Culture
		The new republic's president, Václav Havel, was a famed playwright and leader in the Czech art world before becoming involved in government.
		The Czech Republic retained the largest libraries and document and treasure collections from the former Czechoslovakia.
		In particular, the National Museum and its library, the library of the Charles University, and the library of the Czech Republic all have extensive collections.
	www.traveldocs.com /cz/culture.htm (516 words)

	Thw Czech Jokes. . . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I received two consecutive Fulbright professorships to teach American literature in the Czech Republic, from the fall of 1994 until the spring of 1996.
		Under communism, Czechs negotiated a public life in which everything from casual political opinions to volumes of poetry was reduced to repetitions of a single state-authorized language.
		Czech novelist Ivan Klima calls it "jerkish", after the 250-word language chimpanzees are capable of mastering.
	www.ric.edu /fas/fas15aug/twoczec.html (2786 words)

	Russian and East European Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Czech studies is taught in IU's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures with support from the Russian and East European Institute (REEI), a U.S. Department of Education funded Title VI national resource center.
		Professor Volková teaches all levels of Czech language and several literature, linguistics, and culture courses, including History of Czech Literature and Culture, Contemporary Czech Literature and Culture, The Prague School of Linguistics and Poetics, Central European Literature between the Wars and Literary Texts in Totalitarian and Post-Communist Society.
		Czech Films can be checked out from the Russian and East European Institute for loan without charge to instructors and students for use in the classroom and curricular development.
	www.indiana.edu /~reeiweb/index/czechstudies.html (1520 words)

	Czech Republic - Gurupedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The remaining Czech state was occupied by the Germans in
		The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the
		Slovaks remained in the Czech Republic and comprise roughly 2% of the current population.
	www.gurupedia.com /c/cz/cz.htm (861 words)

	Czech Republic Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Looking For czech republic - Find czech republic and more at Lycos Search.
		The Czech lands emerged in the late 9th century when it was unified by the Přemyslids.
		Given the massive rise of tourism in Prague, English is becoming popularwidely among business-owners and public servants.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Czech_Republic (1288 words)

	Czech literature
		Perhaps it is indeed significant that the dissident movement was comprised largely of intellectuals (compared to Poland's working-class, trade-union origins), however those who ascribe excessive importance to the fact that the well-known author Václav Havel was elected president are usually naive and mis-informed, viewing him as a philosopher-king of earthly Utopia.
		Authors from the Czech territory who wrote in other languages (i.e.
		There are a few exceptional cases of native Czechs who write in other languages, by far the best-known being Milan Kundera who lives in France since 1970s, and since 1989 he writes in French.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/cz/czech_literature.html (359 words)

	CZECH REPUBLIC ALTERNATE GENIE SEARCH ENGINE, INC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Czech: ''Äesko'') is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko2.htm, http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko1.htm, but this has not caught on in English usage.
		The Czech Republic consists of 13 regions (''kraje'', singular - ''kraj'') and one capital city (''hlavnÃ mÄsto''), marked by a
		Given the massive rise of tourism in Prague, English is becoming widely popular among business-owners and public servants.
	www.agseinc.com /Czech_Republic (1026 words)

	Central Europe Review - Interview with Writer Josef Skvorecky
		The Czech writer Josef Škvorecký has long been a central figure on the literary scene, renowned both in his native country and abroad.
		Czech also has genders, and the endings of verbs and adjectives differ accordingly.
		And the feminine endings in Czech have a strong erotic suggestion, which must be compensated for somehow in translation.
	www.ce-review.org /00/37/interview37_skvorecky.html (3315 words)

	REENIC: Czech Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Texas Chair in Czech Studies (established at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the University of Texas at Austin by the Czech communities of Texas; supports an undergraduate degree program in Czech language, literature, and culture, as well as study and research opportunities in the Czech Republic.
		Czech and Slovak Connections An informational exchange serving business and trade interests with the Czech and Slovak Republics.
		Roma in the Czech Republic (an excellent site with infomation on all aspects of life of the Roma community in the Czech Republic, as well as the history of Roma in general, Roma personalities, latest news concerning Roma and a photo gallery)
	reenic.utexas.edu /reenic/countries/czech.html (2142 words)

	Press Release: Czech Republic Receives Boost Toward Self-Sufficiency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the case of the Czech Republic, the Sabre Foundation is banking on the latter and accordingly is sending a shipment this month of 23,924 new donated books and journals to the republic through its Czech partner, the Center for Democracy and Free Enterprise (CDFE), to be distributed to universities, schools and libraries nationwide.
		Sabre's shipment to the Czech Republic includes books from over 50 publishers on medicine, economics, the English language, finance, computer technology, chemistry, management, American literature, communication strategies, marketing, organizational behavior and other business topics.
		The collaboration of Sabre and its Czech partner organization in procuring and shipping books was made possible by grants from the United States Information Agency, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the U.S. Agency of International Development's Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program.
	www.sabre.org /archives/oldpressrel/czech.html (497 words)

	Directory - Arts: Literature: World Literature: Czech
		Czech Literature and the Reading Public · Lecture by Jan Culik from Igor Hajek memorial conference.
		Czech Literature in Translations · List of translations of famous Czech authors.
		Czech and Slovak Literature Resources · List of links related to Czech literature from its beginnings to present.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=703226 (106 words)

	DePauw U: Welcome to DePauw
		Although the Czech's are leaning westward towards the European Union and NATO, their history of communism, social and religious divisions are not easily forgotten.
		Of particular focus is the history of East Central Europe, and the society, politics and literature of the Czech Republic.
		Students will also stay with Czech families for a few weeks of their stay.
	www.depauw.edu /univ/international/offcampus/acmcze.asp (305 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: A History of Central European Women's Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It illustrates the development of women's writing in the region from the middle ages to the present day, placing individual writers in their social and political context and showing how processes shaping their lives are reflected in their works.
		The Czech section is thorough and is one of the longer chapters in the book; there is some new myth-killing info on Nemcova as it discusses the curious "cult of personality" that surrounded this author of Babicka.
		The first author discussed in detail is Lehocka, described as "an archetype of the Slovak women's movement" (hyperbole at its worst), for in the the next paragraph, Soltesova is branded as "a pioneer of Slovak women's literature and the women's movement" (yet, the author admits, Soltesova liked to emphasize 'woman's natural role'in daily life).
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/033377809X (558 words)

	The Review of Contemporary Fiction: 'The Cowards': Skvorecky's contributions to Czech humorist literature.(Mario Vargas ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Czech author Josef Skvorecky's characters unveil the reality of socialism through presenting real workers who are uneducated and cannot solve the social problems that arise.
		Skvorecky's narrator is an intelligent apolitical man who, through cynicism, is able to survive under a Communist regime without compromising himself.
		In the Czech Republic Josef Skvorecky is famous for his role in helping Czech literature and culture to prosper in...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:19184415&refid=ink_tptd_mag (232 words)

	Musical Institutions and the Circulation of Music and Musicians in Bohemia and Moravia, 1600-1900, Olomouc, November ...
		The state of Czech literature (masters' theses) on the problems of the circulation of music in the Czech lands in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
		The state of foreign-language literature on the problems of the circulation of music in the Czech lands in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
		I'd like to remind you that the main topic of the conference is the circulation of foreign music, musicians, and theories and conceptions of music, in (and through) Bohemia and Moravia, and NOT for example the "Czech musical emigration".
	www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk /Music/Conferences/97-b-cir.html (713 words)

	Czech encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Czech politics and officials, Czech History. Travel to Czech
		During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians).
		In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression.
		With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
	www.czechrepubliciworld.com (405 words)

	Eurofound: Employment relations in micro and small enterprises - Literature review: Czech Republic
		This literature review examines small business in the Czech Republic, including issues of collective representation and bargaining, working and employment conditions, arbitration procedures, size and sector considerations.
		There is an additional statistical information section detailing the situation as it pertains in the Czech Republic.
		If there is no file available for download, you may request a print copy by email.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /publications/htmlfiles/ef0291.htm (140 words)

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