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Word: modlareuth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...love affairs. While the allies talk of treaty commitments and politicians dither over the touchy issue of unification, Germans East and West are playing soccer together, going shopping together, drinking beer together, dancing together and, oddly, breeding rabbits together. "Don't laugh," says Arnold Friedrich, the mayor of Modlareuth, a divided border town near Hof. "There are rabbit strains over there that have developed separately, and rabbit breeders are eager to get them. There are government rules on sending animals across. So naturally, smuggling rabbits is very active...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revolution Came From the People. | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

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