Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BERLIN--West Germany's president yesterday urged Western nations to help East Germany recover from the exodus of its citizens and the mayors of East and West Berlin shook hands in no mat's land to usher in a new era of relations...
Another hole was cut through the Berlin Wall to the roaring cheers of spectators. East Berliners continued to flood the western half of the city, buying all they could afford with their $55 of government "welcome money...
...thousands who had abandoned their Communist home land for the West in recent weeks, most people crossing on the weekend were just visiting, taking advantage of the freedom created by Thursday's opening of East Germany's borders. By last night, the border gridlock had eased, and West Berlin's streets were returning to normal...
...amid the euphoria, there were reminders of the political changes and uncertainty still sweeping through East Germany, which began carving passages through the 29-mile-long Berlin Wall on Friday...
Schabowski, the East Berlin party chief and aleading reform advocate, gave no timetable ordetails, and said the party would not embark onsuch a course "with the suicidal notion that itcould be swept from the political stage...