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The Short, Happy Exile of Vaclav Havel

He walked away from the presidency of Czechoslovakia when he couldn’t prevent the country from splitting apart. Now, after a season of deliberation in the grotty basement bars of Prague, he wants to be president again. The question is: Of what?

February 1 1993 GUY MARTIN Gueorgui Pinkhassov
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The Short, Happy Exile of Vaclav Havel

He walked away from the presidency of Czechoslovakia when he couldn’t prevent the country from splitting apart. Now, after a season of deliberation in the grotty basement bars of Prague, he wants to be president again. The question is: Of what?

February 1 1993 GUY MARTIN Gueorgui Pinkhassov

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