Word: east
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense of discouraging reform elsewhere in the East bloc...
Last week, in a tongue-in-cheek article published in the Washington Post, Ford declared that the loosening of Soviet sway over East European countries has vindicated him. "My mother taught me it is wrong to crow," Ford wrote. "But former Presidents, as well as small boys, know no greater joy than being able to say, 'I told you so' . . . I come out pretty well as a prophet...
...nation's leadership often hears what it wants to hear, but few have seemed quite so deaf to the public's demands as East Germany's rulers. Thousands flee the country, protesters stage hunger strikes in churches, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev offers a gentle lecture in person -- none of it seemed to make a difference. But last week as the cries for democratic reform reached a crescendo in cities across East Germany, the leaders in East Berlin demonstrated that their hearing faculties were intact -- and that they were distressed by the rising noise level...
After a two-day session, the 21 members of the ruling Politburo issued a statement that for the first time expressed official concern about the recent exodus of 50,000 East Germans to the West. Then, in an unprecedented gesture of conciliation, the leadership acknowledged, "We are open to discussion." Hinting that press and travel restrictions might be eased, the statement continued, "Together, we want to discuss all basic questions of our society...
...number 22 in the nation, the Indians are the only team in the East ranked higher than Harvard (25th...