Word: evening
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...East Germany: It doesn't make sense to regard the other part of Germany as a foreign country like Mexico or Indonesia or even Norway. Even though it has developed into a state organization, it is still a fact that the borderline between these two parts cuts through millions of families...
...would be happy if we at least came to the point where it would not be more difficult to travel from one part of Germany to the other than to travel from Western Germany to foreign countries, even foreign Communist countries. In spite of the political differences, I would like very much, not only in the humanitarian field but also in the cultural field, to develop contacts that would correspond with the fact that we have the same cultural heritage...
...Germany: Yes, one can speak of a new Germany, but not one that is looking for a new role as a kind of world power in the old sense of the word, with all the military attributes and so on. We couldn't achieve it even if we wanted it, and I don't want to. But I think this country has the possibility of taking on some more responsibilities in international exchange...
After a bitter internecine quarrel, the party's executive committee was split into two warring factions, the process of government was all but paralyzed, and a few unhappy chieftains even threatened to expel Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from the party. Even if a complete schism is somehow averted, which looks doubtful, the Congress Party already has lost much of its old unity. Dissension within the party is certain to jar India's volatile and increasingly fragmented political scene...
...Even Split. After the defeat, the Syndicate made a truce with Indira. But the rivalry flared up again in September after Congress Strategist Kunaeaswami Kamaraj maneuvered one of Indira's supporters out of the presidency of a state Congress organization. In retaliation, Indira opened a drive to fire Congress President Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa, who is a Syndicate member...