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Velvet Revolution

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velvet revolution
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the peaceful overthrow of a government, esp a communist government, as occurred in Czechoslovakia in late 1989
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Velvet Revolution
n the Velvet Revolutiondie sanfte or samtene Revolution


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US singers Joan Baez, Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega performed Saturday at a concert in Prague paying homage to former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a hero of the Velvet Revolution 20 years ago.
The Czech Nonet - a nine-player ensemble with an 80-year heritage that has outlasted a world war, Communism and the Velvet Revolution - is one of the world's oldest and most original chamber ensembles.
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