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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first time in decades, major protests involving tens of thousands of citizens also broke out in other cities, state-run Czechoslovak television said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200,000 Czechs Protest for Reform | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

Aruri said the guerrilla movement has also transformed the once profitable Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip into a major economic burden and created real borders between Israel and the territories...

Author: By Francesca E. Bignami, | Title: Middle East Peace Possible | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

...economy. The medieval age gave way to the modern age because of the art of navigation, the invention of gunpowder and Gutenberg's art of printing. Now the modern age has come to a close because of nuclear power and electronics. I think Japan will be one of the major players that will build a new world history. It can't be done by Japan alone. Active interaction with other countries will enhance technological developments. In this respect the U.S. will remain Japan's most important partner. There's no doubt the U.S.'s position as a global leader will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideas: Teaching Japan to Say No | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

When the flash came from Washington that the Wall was going up, the Army major on duty became so agitated that he walked into the surf in full uniform ! to deliver the bulletin to Brigadier General Chester Clifton, the President's military aide, who was swimming just offshore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Present at the Construction | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...became one of the great spectacles of the cold war, his speech one of the most memorable in his presidency. When Kennedy flew into Berlin that June morning, he had a text that did not please him. "You think this is any good?" he asked the U.S. Berlin commander, Major General James Polk, who had joined the Kennedy caravan.Polk scanned the speech and replied bluntly, "I think it is terrible." Kennedy agreed and began to write a new one. But before he taunted the builders of the Wall, he rode four hours through the streets of West Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Present at the Construction | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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