Word: augustness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Czechoslovakia now joins the astonishing avalanche of change that is overtaking Eastern Europe. Poland was the first to move, electing a non- Communist government in August. In the past six weeks, upheavals have taken place in the Hungarian, East German and Bulgarian Communist parties. Nor were events in Prague the only remarkable developments that took place last week...
Mutinous soldiers questioned refused to say who directed the revolt. Rebel soldiers said the leaders included renegade Lt. Col. Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, who led an August, 1987 coup attempt in which at least 53 people were killed...
...renovations, which began in August 1987 and cost $3 million, were intended to create space for library stacks and for the Byzantine art collection, according to Susan Boyd, the curator of Dumbarton Oaks' museum collections...
Many feuds have been reported within the National Front since it was formed in August...
...demands were for free elections and the resignation by Dec. 10 of Husak, a central figure in the crackdown on reform after the Soviet-led invasion of August...