Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...EAST BERLIN--East Germany's embattled Communists today proposed Gregor Gysi, a 41-year-old reformist lawyer who has worked for the opposition, for the post of party chair, a party spokesperson said...
...years and years, the members of the [NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization] at annual meetingshave made a point of saying they favor theunification of Germany," said Shepard stone, chairof the Aspen Institute in Berlin. "Now they'rerunning around trying to stop it, or at least slowit down...
...EAST BERLIN--Former Communist Party chief Egon Krenz resigned yesterday as East Germany's president, and a non-Communist took over as interim head of state for the first time in the nation's 40-year history...
Reform began in East Germany after Honecker was forced out following 18 years in power. Since then, a popular uprising and exodus of thousands of people to the West have forced the Communist government to open East Germany's borders and the Berlin Wall to allow citizens to travel freely...
Since November 9, when citizens of East and West Berlin reveled on top of the Berlin Wall, there have been no victory orations in the United States. No parades through Washington. No brass bands. No elation. This is unfortunate, because in effect the country has been through a successful...