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Dub⋅ček

[doob-chek; Czech doop-chek]
–noun
Alexander, 1921–92, Czechoslovakian political leader: first secretary of the Communist party 1968–69.
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Dub·ček   (dōōb'chěk, dōōp'-)   
Czechoslovakian politician. As first secretary of the Communist Party (1968) he introduced reforms and pursued an independent foreign policy. In August 1968 Soviet authorities sent tanks into Prague and arrested Dubček, who was forced to resign.
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