"FIX it for the feast of Pentecost; that'll draw the crowds." The campaign manager for the Christian Democrats in Slovakia, Mr Jan Kovacovsky, was arranging a rally for the Czechoslovak election on June 8th and 9th. He reckons he knows his voters. Slovakia is the poorer, more agricultural and more Christian of Czechoslovakia's two republics. In the other one, the Czech lands of Behemia and Moravia, the Christian Democrats have been behind in the opinion polls. In Slovakia, they have been scoring a comfortable 25-30%.
Until last November Mr Kovacovsky's office in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, belonged to a local Communist worthy. On the wall now is a crucifix. Mr Kovacovsky's Christianity is not bashful. …
AP Worldstream; August 16, 2005
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National Catholic Reporter; July 29, 1994
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