Word: exoduses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BERLIN--West Germany's president yesterday urged Western nations to help East Germany recover from the exodus of its citizens and the mayors of East and West Berlin shook hands in no mat's land to usher in a new era of relations...
...successor, Egon Krenz, has promised that most East German travel restrictions will be lifted, making it possible for citizens to travel freely to the West. The thousands who jammed the West German embassy in Prague last week seeking asylum testify to the futility of mere stones to bar the exodus. Johannes Chemnitzer, a member of the East German Communist Party's Central Committee, admitted last week that with the borders open, the Wall's "meaning becomes limited and illusory...
...Southern California's well- advertised problems of traffic, smog and crime. Many are so-called equity emigres who cash in on their California houses to acquire equivalent property near Puget Sound at literally half the price. Last month's Northern California earthquake, however, has had little impact on the exodus. A poll by the Field Institute showed that though many Californians expect new quakes, only 2% say they are likely to move out of the state for that reason...
...proposal does not meet the expectations ofcitizens...and will not achieve the politicalcredibility of the state," the constitutionalcommittee said. It also urged an emergencyParliament session to discuss how to end thewestward exodus of young skilled workers that isdraining the workforce...
Krusche, the Lutheran leader, spoke during afrank program on state-run television on theexodus of tens of thousands of East Germans, whichwas described by a television commentator as asubject "burning under our nails." The exodus'latest surge is through Czechoslovakia, the onlycountry to which East Germans can travel freely...