Word: fondest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Germany has felt confined by its frontiers, it has looked eastward to exercise its talents. Since the 18th century, backward Russia has repeatedly attempted to use Germany as the instrument for catching up with the rest of Europe. In the process, Germany and Russia have alternated between phases of fondest love and deepest hate. Observes the emigre Russian historian Victor Frank: "No other Europeans have been so hated by the Russians and none so loved...
Anticipating trouble, the government mobilized more than 10,000 police in Paris alone. When the protests began, they measured up to neither the Maoists' fondest dreams nor the government's worst nightmares. But they were bad enough to litter the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain areas of Paris with bricks, glass, smoldering autos and wrecked shops. At the same time, the unrest spread to Marseille, where leftist students, demonstrating at a factory, battled police. In Rouen, four girl students were injured when an explosion shook one of the university dormitories...