Word: abroader
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BERLIN--A half-million East Germans thronged the streets of Leipzig in a hard, cold rain last night to demand free elections and unlimited freedom to travel abroad...
Earlier yesterday, the government published a new draft law that is expected to take effect before Christmas and will permit travel abroad for up to 30 days a year...
This year about 175,000 East Germans--more than1 percent of the population--have moved to WestGermany by emigrating legally, escaping or failingto return from approved trips abroad. West Germanygives them automatic citizenship and help instarting over...
...state system that at least belched forth a few second-rate consumer goods for the store shelves. Now those shelves are barer than they have been for 20 years, there are rumors of looming food riots this winter, and Gorbachev is not the hero at home that he is abroad. It is no wonder, then, that the Soviets, as former U.S. arms negotiator Paul Nitze says, "have turned inward, looking at what the military establishment has cost the people, the society, the economy...
...Sovietologists in the West were caught by surprise last week when Gosbank announced that it would devalue the Soviet currency 90% for transactions that do not involve imports or exports. Foreign visitors will get much more bang for their buck: 6.26 rubles per dollar. But Soviet citizens traveling abroad will receive a paltry 16 cents per ruble instead of the official $1.60, which will seriously hamper their ability to go on shopping trips abroad for scarce consumer goods...