Word: berlin
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...charge? That Lands? End?s unlimited money-back guarantee ? inviting consumers to return any of the company?s products, at any time, for any reason ? is illegal under German laws purported to protect consumers from companies that distort their prices with offers of freebies. In this case, says TIME Berlin correspondent Charles Wallace, "an unlimited guarantee is a gift of something of value unconnected to the product. This sort of ?giveaway? is outlawed in Germany because the government claims it clouds price transparency. If you buy a magazine subscription and you get a free calculator, how much are you paying...
...When the Berlin Wall collapsed and communism fell, Major said, "the demons came forth" in the form of instability in the states of the former Soviet block...
White-knuckle stoicism has never been in short supply in Russia. After all, the country lost 20 million people in World War II but still fought the Nazis all the way back to Berlin. Yet, amid a massive security clampdown following two apartment bombings that killed almost 300 people in Moscow, the prevailing mood is more resigned than defiant. "There?s an overwhelming sense here of powerlessness and very little faith in the government?s ability to protect citizens from acts of terror," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "People are depressed and demoralized but have nowhere to look...
Memo to Moscow: Want a bit of cash for those depleted Kremlin coffers? It's easy ? just dust off the missile silos. The U.S. Monday announced a new breakthrough with North Korea, after the two sides agreed at talks in Berlin that Pyongyang would suspend missile tests in exchange for Washington's moving to ease economic sanctions on the impoverished communist state. Thus far, North Korea has agreed only to refrain from firing another missile while talks last, but observers believe it?s the first step toward a comprehensive agreement to end the missile program in exchange for economic assistance...
...Russia and published in France in 1973, it was as if a stake had been driven through the heart of Marxism. It was only a matter of time before the body and the tentacles rotted away, a process that became obvious on Nov. 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall came down. Only China and a few morbid extremities--Tibet, Mongolia, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba--still hold on. --Tom Wolfe, author...