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recalled. Now it appears the job will remain vacant for even longer, after
the Obama administration’s choice for envoy to the Czech Republic was
rejected in the US Senate.
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Current AffairsYoung Czech artist helps dyslexic children
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Current AffairsCompared to grade school results, colleges have catching up to do
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performance of Czech students at the grade school and college levels. While
younger students excel in school compared to the rest of the world, in
higher education both enrolment and results are unimpressive. Radio
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Current AffairsPublisher calls time on leading Czech-language newspaper in US
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succeeded a paper started in the mid 1960s by another Czech émigré, Frank
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