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Although Czechoslovakia was the only east European country to remain a parliamentary democracy from 1918 to 1938 , it was plagued with minority problems , the most important of which concerned the country 's large German population . It had been noticed that all through the summer , when other ditches and ponds were drying up , the brook which ran round the base of a hill on the other side of the road from the camp , while little more than a meagre trickle above the camp , remained a considerable stream below . The breadth of our relationship makes the United States an indispensable partner in bringing material improvements in the lives of our people , especially the poor , without which our democracy would remain a hollow shell and our stability fragile . He left the IS when it changed its name to the Socialist Workers Party ( 1977 ) but remained a committed man of the left . Efforts to lure him to MCB were led in part by Doug Melton , who has remained a close friend and colleague ever since McMahon accepted the Department ’ s offer in 1992 . We also knew that our democracy would remain a hollow shell and our freedom fragile if they did not bring real improvements in the lives of our people , especially the poor .