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Prague Spring
Prague Spring see Prague and Czechoslovakia .
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Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.), 1930-, American astronaut, b. Montclair, N.J. After graduating from West Point (1951), Aldrin joined the U.S. air force and flew 66 combat missions during the Korean War. His doctoral thesis at the Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1963) on orbital mechanics...
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bee fly
bee fly name for the small- to medium-sized flies of the family Bombyliidae, many of which resemble bees in appearance and behavior. This mimicry provides bee flies with some measure of protection against predators that have learned to avoid the sting of true bees. A bee fly has a stout, hairy ...
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flying fish
flying fish common name for members of the Exocoetidae, a family of carnivorous or herbivorous fish of warmer seas. Flying fishes usually swim in schools. They average 7 to 12 in. (17.5-30 cm) in length and have pectoral fins that compare in size with the wings of birds; in some species the pelvic ...
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space exploration
space exploration the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of artificial satellites (spacecraft that orbit the earth), space probes (spacecraft that pass through the solar system and that may or may not orbit another cel...
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Prague
Prague , Czech Praha, Ger. Prag, city (1993 pop. 1,216,500), capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and former capital of Czechoslovakia , on both banks of the Vltava (Ger. Moldau ) River. A road, rail, and air transportation hub, the city also has an inland harbor that is the termin...
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Alexander Dubček
Alexander Dubček , 1921-92, Czechoslovakian political leader. A member of the Slovakian national minority, he was active in the Communist underground in World War II and rose in the party hierarchy after the war, becoming head of the Slovakian Communist party and a member of the presidium of th...
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Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague c.1370-1416, Bohemian religious reformer. During his studies at Prague and at Oxford, Jerome was influenced by the doctrinal views of John Wyclif . He continued to study and travel widely abroad, in constant conflict with the authorities. In 1407 he returned to Prague, where he jo...
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia , Czech Československo , former federal republic, 49,370 sq mi (127,869 sq km), in central Europe. On Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (see Slovakia ) became independent states and Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. (For history prior to 1918 as well as g...
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Josef Suk
Josef Suk , 1874-1935, Czech composer and violinist, grad. Prague Conservatory, 1891; pupil and son-in-law of Dvořák. While still at the Prague Conservatory, he and three of his fellow students founded the Czech Quartet, of which Suk was second violinist. Though his early works were infl...
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