Round 8: Tossup 6

Description acceptable. In a resignation speech prompted by this event, one leader declared “I am not really Atlas who carried the whole world on his shoulders.” A pivotal moment leading to this event occurred during a meeting at the Villa Tugendhat (“TOO-gund-hot”), where two leaders bypassed a proposed referendum that received just 36-percent support in polling. (10[1])In the leadup to this event, one proposal was dubbed a certain “state” with “insurance” from another during negotiations between the ODS and HZDS parties. (10[1]-5[1])This event was preceded by a linguistic dispute (10[1])that (10[1])was dubbed (-5[1])the “Hyphen War.” (10[6])This event was formally legalized by the passage (10[1])of (10[1])Constitutional (10[1])Act 542, (10[1])several months after President Václav (“VAHT-slaff”) Havel (10[2])had resigned (10[2])in protest. (10[1])For 10 points, identify this 1992 diplomatic event that resulted in the peaceful separation of a former Central European country. ■END■ (10[1])

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