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Word: nationalism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since taking power in August, de Klerk has made several conciliatory moves aimed at promoting negotiations between Blacks and the nation's 5 million whites, who control the government and the economy. He has freed some prominent political prisoners, prohibited segregation of beaches, and permitted previously banned opposition activities, including meetings like the conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Apartheid Foes Adopt Militant Strategy | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...Orthodox Church. The first Soviet Communist Party boss to set foot on Vatican soil, Gorbachev conferred with the Pope for an unexpectedly long 75 minutes in the library of the 16th century Apostolic Palace. Addressing John Paul II as "Your Holiness" -- no small gesture for the leader of a nation and party formally pledged to atheism -- Gorbachev promised that the Supreme Soviet would "shortly" pass a law guaranteeing religious freedom for all believers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Turning Visions Into Reality | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard biochemist was honored last week by one of the nation's largest scientific bodies for helping rebuke U.S. government claims that the Soviet Union used biological weapons in Southeast Asia during and after the Vietnam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Prof Honored For `Yellow Rain' Work | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

...name was put forward during a meeting that could be the Communists' last as the nation's ruling party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New E. German Party Leader Proposed | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

...talks followed weeks of historic concessions by the Communists to the nation's emboldened opposition movement, which has filled the streets with pro-democracy protesters and threatened a general strike Monday unless reforms are made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opposition Will Lead Czechs | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

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