Word: developing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unified? "For 40 years we were just letters," says Christian Fuhrer, pastor of Leipzig's Nikolai Church. "G-D-R. But not German. Not democratic. Just letters. We are Germans, certainly. But our German history is submerged: 1917 is when it begins for our students. The people must develop an identity. Only then can we discuss reunification...
...business groups, Tsongas said, must develop "a reasonable social contract with government...
...differences are over what happened in Tiananmen Square, our differences were infinitely greater when we established relations in 1972 after 23 years of no communication whatever. But we recognized then that while we had irreconcilable differences, we had one overriding common interest that brought us together -- the need to develop a common policy to deter an aggressive and expansionist Soviet Union that threatened us both. Today, when the conventional wisdom is that the Soviet threat has diminished and when many even proclaim that the cold war is over, do we still have a common interest that overrides our differences...
...rival. Instead of short clips, it will have a more traditional mix of sitcoms, specials and other long-form programming. About half will be reruns (old series like The Dick Van Dyke Show); the other half, new fare from such creators as MTM Enterprises, which has signed on to develop series, and Ron Howard's Imagine Films Entertainment, which is producing a show with the Second City Comedy Troupe...
...backlash against heavy-handed defense measures, however, is starting to develop. "Why call it a school? Let's call it a prison," complains Robert Rubel, who directs the National Alliance for Safe Schools, a nonprofit advisory group based in Bethesda, Md. He argues that it is impossible to prevent random violence. Rubel thinks schools should be diligent in controlling all kinds of disorder, handling violations of their own rules and turning crimes over to the police...