Word: easterlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Berliners, West and East alike, it was indeed a beautiful day. For the first time in six years, the Wall-the concrete monstrosity that divides the city -was opened for visitors from West Berlin. The East German regime of Party Boss Erich Honecker had granted three-day Easter passes to West Berliners as an illustration of the freer access that will be allowed after the Big Four agreement on the city is put into action. Although it was a one-way deal -no East Berliners were allowed to visit the Western sector-West Berlin's Mayor Klaus Schiitz praised...
...Communists' Easter concessions were timed to place maximum pressure on West Germany to confirm the treaties of Warsaw and Moscow, which will be submitted to the Bundestag in early May. Unless Bonn ratifies the treaties, the Berlin agreement, and its clauses about freer access, will not go into effect. Hence, the East Germans and their Soviet supporters in effect were saying: "See, this is how it is going to be if the treaties are ratified. If they aren't, forget it." The Communists have hinted that the situation will get worse if Bonn fails to follow through...
...most Italians, the Easter holiday this year was more frustrating than festive. Alitalia was struck, which meant that both planes and plans had to be canceled. In a protest for higher wages, refinery workers sporadically cut delivery of the premium gasoline that most Italian cars require, thereby limiting autostrada excursions. (Enterprising urchins in Naples took advantage of the situation by selling mixtures of regular gas and cheap red wine as premium...
...nation that has already been depressed by rising crime rates, riots, political bombings, inflation, unemployment and inept government, Easter was as irritating as any other...
...that life is worth living. The lure dangled before Sinatra is the pilot's role, a substantial salary and the chance to sing half a dozen songs written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. If Sinatra says yes, Paramount Pictures plans to release The Little Prince next Easter...