Word: berliner
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Each of these aggressors—Italy, Japan and Germany—was a permanent member of the League when they chose to flout its conventions. And, in virtually every instance, the bloody expansionism of Rome, Tokyo and Berlin went completely unchecked by the organization that had been created, ostensibly, to end war. Of course, the tragic result of the League’s futility was World...
When the decade began, the world was defined clearly by a sharp split between democracy and communism. That schism became tangible on the night of Aug. 13, 1961, when East Germany's communist rulers began to build a wall around West Berlin, and the divide threatened to destroy the world a year later, on Oct. 15, 1962, when the U.S. discovered Soviet warheads in Cuba, setting off the 13-day showdown of the Cuban missile crisis...
Other cities in the recent past have experienced large-scale destruction—Berlin, Beirut, Kobe and Sarajevo, are prominent examples. The focus for these cities has been on reconstruction to restore normalcy after war or natural disaster. Yet for the WTC site, renewal and reconstruction efforts are clearly not enough. Overwhelmingly, the public wants to see something big, glittery, soaring, and perhaps even beautiful, to replace the iconic twin towers, which have assumed the qualities of monument even in their afterlives...
...background in finance, information systems and managing people to start his own company? McKeon read books on business trends and got in touch with former colleagues and professional associations. The result: Success Planning Associates, an executive business-and career-coaching firm based out of his home in Berlin, Mass...
...DIED. DANIEL TOSCAN DU PLANTIER, 61, French film producer and president of the film promotion group Unifrance, of a heart attack while attending the Berlin Film Festival; in Berlin. Known as a tireless ambassador for the French film industry, Toscan du Plantier once said: "France is the paradise of cinema; its only fault is that it's too small...