Word: divisionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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For 28 years it had stood as the symbol of the division of Europe and the world, of Communist suppression, of the xenophobia of a regime that had to lock its people in lest they be tempted by another, freer life -- the Berlin Wall, that hideous, 28-mile-long scar...
"I love Germany so much," wrote the French novelist Francois Mauriac, "that I am glad there are two of them." That phrase is cited with increasing frequency these days, but the sentiment is old. Clemenceau expressed it first as he wistfully reflected on the delicate balance of power nurtured in...
Throughout this period West Germany's allies paid facile allegiance to the goal of reunification, treating with abandon the fact that this simple dream involved some nightmarish complexities. It was an easy wish to proclaim, since it did not seem that the gods would ever grant it. Now, amid the...
"This is the greatest win in Army history," said Army Coach Rob Riley, whose squad began Division I play in 1984. "I can't even believe it, when you consider we lost here, 11-1, last year."
Harvard led the A division by only two points with three races remaining on Sunday, and the wind had picked up considerably. Neverthless, Bowers managed to win the final two races to come away with the victory.