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...most eloquent attempt to restore Germany to a normal place in European minds came last week in Prague, where Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel welcomed West German President Richard von Weizsacker. Havel had arranged the visit to coincide with the 51st anniversary of Hitler's arrival in the city at the head of an occupying army. He called this an "anti- event," intended to counterbalance the dark memories of 1939 and mark a reconciliation. To speak with disdain about Germans, Havel told his countrymen, "to condemn them only because they are Germans, to be afraid of them only because of that...
Puerto Rico should become the 51st American state, a former governor of the commonwealth told about 100 people at Boylston Hall yesterday...
...This referendum will not only affect Puerto Ricans but all Americans, and we feel that it is extremely important that people realize the issues at stake," said Teresita Riera-Carrion '92, president of La Organizacion. "Puerto Rico could become the 51st state overnight, and too many people around here don't even know that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens...
Hungary Declares Plans to Enter NATO, Become 51st State...
...major breach of courtesy between the two nations" and castigated Mulroney for getting "his good friend at head office, Ronald Reagan, to help him do a job he can't complete himself." Again and again, Turner hammered at his main theme: "Mr. Mulroney wants to turn us into the 51st state...