IN PRAGUE, INDIFFERENCE AND SKEPTICISM TOWARD CHANGE

The Boston Globe | August 21, 1988| | Copyright

PRAGUE - Exactly 20 years after Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia and destroyed Alexander Dubcek's dream of a "Prague Spring" of reforms, there is skepticism here toward a possible rebirth of his ideals.

Dubcek's famous words, "Socialism with a human face," seem remote after 20 years of repression, even if Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev now crusades for reforms very much like those Dubcek urged.

"People want to forget Prague Spring and get on with their lives," said a woman whose education and job choice were restricted because of political activity. "Young people don't even know ...

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