Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WAKE of the 1961 Berlin Wall crisis, two psychologists, Sibylle Escalona and Milton Schwebel, conducted separate surveys among children aged 10 through 18. Though the surveys differed in size and methodology, they reported the same finding: a perceived fear about the possibility of nuclear war and the expectation among many children that the bomb is destined...
Friedrich is survived by the wife, Lenore of Cambridge; a brother. Wolfgang Friedrich of Berlin; two sons Paul William of Chicago, and one of New York; two daughter. Matilda de Boor of Madison wise and Dorothea Gombrich of Oxford England...
...thaw between Bonn and East Berlin this year has contrasted with the deepening chill between the superpowers. Honecker has seemed intent on pursuing detente despite the U.S.-Soviet deadlock. An unprecedented number of political and cultural delegations have exchanged visits across a barbed-wire border that was virtually impenetrable. So far this year, West German banks have extended credits, backed by Bonn, totaling $330 million to East Germany, which, in turn, has eased some restrictions on travel and allowed more than 30,000 of its citizens to emigrate to the West. Thus, even if the news that Honecker had postponed...
...blow fell hardest on the East Germans, who were still resentful over the Soviet-led boycott of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Faces visibly dropped as news of the canceled visit passed down a line of pensioners waiting at the Friedrichstrasse border crossing in East Berlin. "Have you heard?" said one elderly woman. "The trip is off." Holding back tears, her companion replied, "I knew it." Reacting later, an outspoken young East German writer offered a more bitter assessment: "Honecker has bowed to Soviet pressure again." Explained a Western official in the East German capital: "There is almost nothing...
West Germans were eager to interpret every statement from East Berlin last week in the most positive light. Still, the Kohl government could not hide its disappointment at the turn of events. "The momentum from both sides seemed to be just right for the visit," said a Western diplomat. "Now a lot of air has been let out of the balloon." West German Negotiator Jenninger said he expected that "dialogue wanted by both sides" will continue. He challenged the East German explanation that "public dispute" over the trip in the West had forced Honecker to stay home...