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Word: hannoverian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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...workers' paradise across the Elbe in East Germany, where the old law has been abolished and the bakers' ovens glow all the long night. To remedy the West's plight, and despite East and West Germans' conflicts over Berlin, Hannoverian Businessman Hans-Joachim Ermeler, 45, reached across the Iron Curtain and asked East Berlin's Trade Commission if it would be interested in shipping 60,000 fresh Brötchen over the border each morning. The East Germans were indeed: the deal will net the Communist regime some $250,000 a year in hard-currency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Brotchen from Heaven | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

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