Word: berge
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ingrid Berg was no ordinary East German, and she did not flee the country like one. With her husband, mother-in-law and two children, 3 and 7, Berg drove the family Volvo to Czechoslovakia, the only foreign country that East Germans can visit without an exit permit. In Prague they headed for the West German embassy, claimed refuge and demanded asylum in the Federal Republic. Then Berg revealed her identity: she was, she said, the niece of East German Premier Willi Stoph, the second most important man in the Communist hierarchy...
...Department of the Interior placed the Eastern timber wolf on the endangered species list in 1973, poaching continued at the rate of about 250 animals a year. Farmers complained of a wolf explosion and charged that the animals were ravaging cattle and other livestock. Says Wildlife Educator Karlyn Atkinson Berg of Bovey, Minn., who is known as the "Wolf Lady" for her work with the animals: "Up here, the right to hunt wolves is considered as sacred as motherhood and apple...
...Berg and other environmentalists contend that farm animals are in much greater danger from wild dogs and coyotes. Blaming the wolf for every kill, she argues, is almost "a psychological need." Says she, with just a touch of hyperbole: "The wolf is an intelligent animal that groups together and does just what a hunter does when he gets together with his pals." Bowing to antiwolf passions, Interior authorities last summer announced a limited wolf-trapping season in which up to 160 animals a year could be taken in farming areas...
...solution, according to most experts, is to stress the development of agriculture. Elliot Berg, who was coordinator of the African Strategy Review Group for a 1981 World Bank report, argues, "No continent or region or country is going to modernize itself and develop its resources unless it begins with agriculture." The problem, says the World Bank report, is not financing alone. It estimates that aid earmarked for agricultural projects in sub-Saharan Africa totaled some $5 billion between 1973 and 1980. Berg holds Western governments partly responsible for approving expensive and inappropriate projects in the first place...
Saint Laurent is deeply devoted to his professional "family," which includes Bergé, his partner in private as well as business life; Loulou Klossowski, an associate who is particularly gifted at choosing accessories; and a few longtime assistants. Saint Laurent blames his depression on ambition and precocious success. Before leaving for New York City, he spoke with TIME Correspondent William Blaylock in his Left Bank mansion. "I never had an adolescence," he said. "I became famous right away, and being shy, I found it difficult to get involved with others. Suffering is a necessary part of the creative process...