Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...water, they do not mix well, yet those are the conflicting emotions that course through East Germany now that the Wall has come down. More of the former perhaps than the latter, as this artificially created country longs for a fresh start after 40 years of orthodox Communist rule, as it yearns for free, multi-party elections and economic rebirth...
...July 3rd, a notice from the Department of Athletics was posted with new pool regulations. The first rule stated that baby strollers would no longer be allowed on the pool deck...
...Freedom!" and "End to one party rule!" cried the demonstrators in Prague. Their protest began with a few hundred people in central Wenceslas Square and turned into a triumphal march for democracy, accompanied by the clanging of bells from sympathetic trolley-car drivers. Bystanders jangled their keys in solidarity...
...China inevitably will become a major economic power, and its 1 billion people will provide a huge market for the advanced industrial countries. Do we want to rule ourselves out and leave that potential market to the Japanese and the Europeans...
...King pronounced himself "quite satisfied" with the election outcome. But the potential exists for Muslim Brotherhood legislators to form a coalition with radical leftists to embarrass him. To be sure, the Hashemite King retains the power to disband Parliament and rule without it. But after calling the elections under popular pressure, he would presumably be reluctant to exercise such authority...