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really like a focal point of the reforms that were ushered in during the Prague Spring and the liberalization agenda that was happening. The dance halls were opening, the student activists, and she was attending university there right at that same time. So the contrast to this feeling of freedom and progress and liberalization in the spring.

And then it's so quickly being crushed in the fall of that same year when the Warsaw Pact countries and the Soviet Union rolled in to put down and ultimately roll back all those reforms. So for her to have lived through that, you know, she didn't come to North America until she was 23 or 24. So that was her life. As a young girl, she was on the junior national ski team for Czechoslovakia.

And then it's so quickly being crushed in the fall of that same year when the Warsaw Pact countries and the Soviet Union rolled in to put down and ultimately roll back all those reforms. So for her to have lived through that, you know, she didn't come to North America until she was 23 or 24. So that was her life. As a young girl, she was on the junior national ski team for Czechoslovakia.

And then it's so quickly being crushed in the fall of that same year when the Warsaw Pact countries and the Soviet Union rolled in to put down and ultimately roll back all those reforms. So for her to have lived through that, you know, she didn't come to North America until she was 23 or 24. So that was her life. As a young girl, she was on the junior national ski team for Czechoslovakia.

My grandfather used to train her. They used to put the skis on her back and walk up the mountain in Czechoslovakia because there were no ski lifts. She actually made me do that when I was a child. just to let me know what her experience had been. If I complained that it was cold out, she's like, well, you didn't have to walk up the mountain.

My grandfather used to train her. They used to put the skis on her back and walk up the mountain in Czechoslovakia because there were no ski lifts. She actually made me do that when I was a child. just to let me know what her experience had been. If I complained that it was cold out, she's like, well, you didn't have to walk up the mountain.

My grandfather used to train her. They used to put the skis on her back and walk up the mountain in Czechoslovakia because there were no ski lifts. She actually made me do that when I was a child. just to let me know what her experience had been. If I complained that it was cold out, she's like, well, you didn't have to walk up the mountain.

You'd be plenty warm if you had carried the skis up on your back up the last run.

You'd be plenty warm if you had carried the skis up on your back up the last run.

You'd be plenty warm if you had carried the skis up on your back up the last run.

You wonder how much of who they were was a reaction to their experience. You know, would she have naturally had that sort of forward-looking, grateful, optimistic orientation? Or was it a reaction to her childhood? I think about that. You know, I look at this picture of my mom, and she was unabashedly herself. You know, she loved flamboyance and glamour and

You wonder how much of who they were was a reaction to their experience. You know, would she have naturally had that sort of forward-looking, grateful, optimistic orientation? Or was it a reaction to her childhood? I think about that. You know, I look at this picture of my mom, and she was unabashedly herself. You know, she loved flamboyance and glamour and

You wonder how much of who they were was a reaction to their experience. You know, would she have naturally had that sort of forward-looking, grateful, optimistic orientation? Or was it a reaction to her childhood? I think about that. You know, I look at this picture of my mom, and she was unabashedly herself. You know, she loved flamboyance and glamour and

And in some ways, I think it probably was a direct reaction to this very austere, controlled childhood. You know, this was one expression of it. I think her, you know, how she dressed and how she presented. I think her entrepreneurial spirit and love of capitalism and all things American was another manifestation of it and one that I grew up with. I remember this story she used to tell me.

And in some ways, I think it probably was a direct reaction to this very austere, controlled childhood. You know, this was one expression of it. I think her, you know, how she dressed and how she presented. I think her entrepreneurial spirit and love of capitalism and all things American was another manifestation of it and one that I grew up with. I remember this story she used to tell me.

And in some ways, I think it probably was a direct reaction to this very austere, controlled childhood. You know, this was one expression of it. I think her, you know, how she dressed and how she presented. I think her entrepreneurial spirit and love of capitalism and all things American was another manifestation of it and one that I grew up with. I remember this story she used to tell me.

about when she was 14 and she was going to neighboring countries. And, you know, as an athlete, you were given additional freedoms that you wouldn't otherwise be afforded in these societies under communist rules. So she was able to travel where most of her friends never would be able to leave Czechoslovakia.

about when she was 14 and she was going to neighboring countries. And, you know, as an athlete, you were given additional freedoms that you wouldn't otherwise be afforded in these societies under communist rules. So she was able to travel where most of her friends never would be able to leave Czechoslovakia.

about when she was 14 and she was going to neighboring countries. And, you know, as an athlete, you were given additional freedoms that you wouldn't otherwise be afforded in these societies under communist rules. So she was able to travel where most of her friends never would be able to leave Czechoslovakia.

And she would come back from all of these trips, and the first place where she'd do ski races in Austria and elsewhere, and the first thing she had to do was check in at the local police.