Mahinda Rajapakse
Mahinda Rajapakse , 1945-, Sri Lankan political leader. A lawyer from a political family, he was first elected to parliament in 1970 as member of the Sri Lanka Freedom party. From 1994 to 2001 he served as minister of labor and of fisheries. Rajapakse became opposition leader in 2002 and prime minister in 2004. In 2005 he was elected president of Sri Lanka, having formed an alliance with Marxist and Buddhist nationalists and advocated a harder line with rebel Tamils.
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Sounds of the Season A collection of facts and figures about the sonic equivalent of comfort food - the songs we sing for Christmas
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 12/23/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...tree was $140. "GOOD KING WENCESLAUS" Turns out, the story of the...on a real historical figure - Saint Wenceslaus I, the Duke of Bohemia, who...Republic. According to the legend, Wenceslaus walked barefoot throughout the...
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After 21 Years, Czechoslovaks Give Jan Palach's Death `Full Meaning'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/17/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...himself with gasoline and setting himself on fire in Wenceslaus Square, Palach defended his gesture, apparently...on fire only yards from the statue of the national saint, Wenceslaus. Vladimir Tuma, who shot the film, said one copy...
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Celebrations all over the world; CHRISTMAS PARTY BOOKINGS.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 9/27/2009; 532 words
; ...Day a carp will often be cooked. Bohemia in the Czech Republic was the 10th century home of Good King Wenceslaus, later Saint Wenceslaus. English troops fighting there centuries later brought the song back with them. In this country St Nicholas...
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Celebrations all over the world.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 9/25/2009; 508 words
; ...Day a carp will often be cooked. Bohemia in the Czech Republic was the 10th century home of Good King Wenceslaus, later Saint Wenceslaus. English troops fighting there centuries later brought the song back with them. In this country St Nicholas...
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Margaret J. Smogor.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/27/2006; 485 words
; ...Heights. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3...teacher. Margaret began her career at Saint Wenceslaus in Chicago. She later volunteered her...abilities to the development and building of Saint Catherine Laboure School in Glenview...
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The rebirth of a proud nation. (Letter from Prague.)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 12/11/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...decorate student-protest posters and are carefully pasted to shrines of the new Czechoslovakia, like the statue of Saint Wenceslaus. There are outsiders who also envision a brighter future here. A sudden influx of West German and Austrian bankers...
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ernesto Portillo Jr. column: Saints be praised ? especially St. Perfect.(Column)
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 4/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...be, today's their saint's day. In the Catholic...Latinos, the days of the saints are significant. Parents...their child after the saint listed on the calendar...would have been named Wenceslaus, at least the boys...days. Jan. 17 is the saint's day for St. Anthony...site dedicated to the ...
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Richard Rezac at Rhona Hoffman.(Chicago)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...work refers to a third-century saint who was tortured by having her...bearing a suggestive title, Wenceslaus is a suspended piece, made from...connection to the real-life Wenceslaus, the patron saint of Czechoslovakia. Is Rezac...
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The view from Prague.(Comment)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 5/31/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...massage therapy. The Czech hero and martyr, St. Vitus, was boiled in oil and then, in case the suggestion needed underlining, drawn and quartered. Good King Wenceslaus himself, the patron saint of Bohemia, forgot to look out one da
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Czech it out; There's more to beautiful Prague than you may think.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...century bridge feature 75 statues of saints. Visitors jostle to touch the sculpture of tragic Saint John of Nepomuk and make a wish. The popular saint drowned after being thrown from the bridge by King Wenceslaus IV because he refused to reveal the...
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Saint Wenceslaus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Wenceslaus , d. 929, duke of Bohemia. He was...against Henry; Henry invaded Bohemia. Wenceslaus, who had then begun to rule, recognized...negotiated a peace. During his reign Wenceslaus was noted for his piety; he worked...
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Saint Václav
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Václav see Wenceslaus, Saint .
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Boleslav I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Boleslav I , d. 967, duke of Bohemia (929-67). He became duke by assassinating his elder brother, Duke Wenceslaus (see Wenceslaus, Saint ). Although Boleslav was involved in constant warfare against the encroaching Germans, he was able to...
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Saint John of Nepomuk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint John of Nepomuk , d. 1393, patron saint of Bohemia, a martyr. He is also called John...He was vicar general of Bohemia under King Wenceslaus IV (later Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus). When the king wished uncanonically to convert...
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Bohemia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cent. Christianity was introduced by saints Cyril and Methodius while Bohemia was...become an independent principality. St. Wenceslaus , the first great Bohemian ruler (920...the reigns of his successors, emperors Wenceslaus and Sigismund , religious, political...
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