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...estimated 100,000 delirious East Germans had slipped past him on their way to a raucous celebration in West Berlin. Over the next few days, the revelers hammered away at the most notorious symbol of Soviet communist repression and toasted their newfound freedom with bottles of champagne. But joy was soon dampened by the daunting burden of rebuilding the backward East. More than a decade after Germany officially unified in 1990, the country is still suffering the hangover. --By Daniel Eisenberg
...Nashville in August 2002. "Regime change in Iraq would bring about a number of benefits to the region," he said, including "the chance to promote the values that can bring lasting peace." He quoted Ajami's conviction that after liberation, the streets of Baghdad and Basra would "erupt in joy in the same way as the throngs in Kabul greeted the Americans." By last summer, to the surprise of many old critics, Cheney's intellectual journey was complete. William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, the Koran of neoconservative thought, was critical when Bush chose Cheney as a running mate...
...women slept in one bed together, fully clothed and veiled even at night, while Mitchell slept elsewhere in the apartment. "They just looked like a family," said Trotta. And like any father, Mitchell doted on his putative daughter. When Trotta asked her name, Mitchell chimed in: "My Joy in Her." Though Elizabeth hardly spoke throughout her visit, she listened to Trotta's jokes, and he detected the faint outline of a smile beneath her veil...
...adults report that certain places or images may call up traumatic memories of the event, signs of a deep emotional shift that never wholly resolves itself. "It doesn't mean you can't go on," says Fassler, "but there are scars." The Smart family was still basking in the joy of their reunion last week. There will be time enough to tend to their wounds. --By Jeffrey Kluger
...even celebrate his birthday. Lopez, 41, still tears up when he remembers waiting at home alone when she would work into the night without bothering to call. "I have come to understand that I cannot expect someone who doesn't feel to feel," he says. "She never knew joy or how to express...