Word: polishers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...taken together with earlier actions, they fueled fears that Kohl may be pushing for unification too quickly, largely to serve his own political ambitions, while riding roughshod over the legitimate concerns of Germany's neighbors. In Warsaw, Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki renewed his demand last week for a direct Polish role in any international discussions over Germany's future. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reluctantly agreed that the two Germanys had a "right to unity," but maintained that "our country should not sustain either moral or political or economic damage" as a result...
...unusual statements of concern from some close allies. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has complained that Kohl's behavior is "excessive." President Bush, who met with Kohl over the weekend at Camp David, let it be known in advance that he planned to press the West German to allay Polish concern on the border question...
Three East European countries want no part of the Soviet stand. "I don't think it is a practical proposition," said Polish Foreign Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski. "Through neutrality you might easily isolate that economic giant and create a situation where Germany tries to become a power or a superpower." He said Poland would support an arrangement under which Germany remained in NATO if Western troops did not move forward into what is now East Germany. Hungary and Czechoslovakia supported the Poles...
...cooperation inside the European Community. A Dutch official, who asked not to be identified, said last week, "Except for the Germans, no one in Europe wants reunification." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has given broad hints of her feelings. At a dinner at 10 Downing Street in honor of Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki last week, she said the developments in Europe "may stir deeply felt anxieties." Poland and Britain alike "have had experiences in this century which have left their mark and which we are determined should not happen again." Although Thatcher assured Genscher later in the week that...
That same year, 1956, the thaw melted too quickly as far as the Kremlin was concerned. Polish crowds demonstrated to demand a change of leadership. The Hungarians even overthrew their government and enjoyed one heady week of independence. Then Khrushchev sent in Soviet tanks to restore the old order. When he was forced out in 1964, Leonid Brezhnev seemed even more determined to maintain that old order forever, sending more tanks to suppress Czech independence in 1968 and warning that he would do so again whenever necessary. He too proclaimed a new constitution in 1977, declaring more strongly than ever...