Word: liner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...East Germany the situation came close to spinning out of control. Considered a hard-liner, Krenz succeeded the dour Erich Honecker as party chief only three weeks ago, and eleven days after a state visit by Mikhail Gorbachev. Ever since, Krenz has had to scramble to find concessions that might quiet public turmoil and enable him to hang on to at least a remnant of power. He has been spurred by a series of mass protests -- one demonstration in Leipzig drew some 500,000 East Germans -- demanding democracy and freedoms small and large, and by a fresh wave of flight...
Reforms promised so far by Communist Party leader Egon Krenz, who took over last month from hard-liner Erich Honecker, have resulted in more questions than answers, Haussmann said in Bonn...
Since Krenz replaced hard-liner Erich Honecker as party chief in October, 10 full members of the ruling 21-member Politburo have lost their positions. There also has been pressure for the 163-member policy-setting Central Committee, chosen under Honecker, to resign...
...lock in" gains by helping Soviet bloc nations become more independent and by securing agreements that make mutually beneficial arms reductions. In addition, the changes in Eastern Europe have progressed so far that a sudden reversal becomes less likely every day. In the worst-case scenario, a hard-liner -- even Gorbachev -- could crack down in Moscow tomorrow. But could he reverse the course of events in Hungary and Poland? Could he ensure the loyalty of troops in Eastern Europe...
ATTORNEY General Richard K. Thornburgh has never been known as a hard-liner. Though a Republican, he has been criticized by conservatives as often as by liberals. He is one of the few appointees of President Bush who was a former card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union...