Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Irving Berlin composes Alexander's Ragtime Band...
Each year, Rudenstine visits a geographic cluster of nations. In 1997, he focused on Europe, traveling to Berlin, Dusseldorf, Paris and London. In an early May interview, he said that his next area of exploration would be closer to home...
...foreign front, the Cold War heats up as the Soviet Union blockades Berlin, leading to the massive Berlin Airlift which keeps Berlin afloat until the Soviets relented...
...groups as far away as Palm Beach, Fla., and Vancouver. Meili was even invited to Los Angeles to meet Steven Spielberg after the director learned that the watchman had been inspired to act by seeing Schindler's List. Meili has traveled to Israel to accept a humanitarian award, to Berlin for interviews with German television and to Auschwitz for a weekend as the guest of survivors. His story was even optioned by a would-be Hollywood dealmaker but, far from profiting, Meili discovered he had signed away his movie rights "without getting a cent" up front. As Andrew Decter...
...20th century summed up what lies ahead [TIME 100, April 13]. You noted that tribalism and ethnic conflict pose a great threat to peace. However, I differ with your stance. Tribalism (I would prefer the word patriotism) is the wave of the future. The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in today's new world order. And there are other peaceful examples, such as Czechoslovakia, which separated quietly. In Africa colonial powers did not draw borders to accommodate different tribes, and perhaps that is the reason for the ever reappearing ethnic conflict between Hutu and Tutsi, who were bundled into...