Word: states
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Poland. Behind the elation over unprecedented political reforms and civil liberties lies a sour reminiscence. This month, Poland observes the 50th anniversary of its rape at the hands of the Germans and Soviets. In September 1939, these two countries ruthlessly violated Polish sovereignty and carved up the ancient state between them...
...respect for the state they helped destroy, the Soviets should own up to one of their war-time atrocities. Specifically, they should end the half century-long cover-up of a heinous crime in the Katyn forest...
...State Department officials yesterday made clear that reports of Chinese embassy officials "intimidating" student nationals at American universities are "of serious concern," three days before a Washington demonstration is planned to show support for the pro-democracy movement...
David A. Denney, a State Department spokesperson, said yesterday in a phone interview from Washington that Chinese officials have been warned to "refrain from such activities...
...lower tax rate for capital gains would reverse a major part of the 1986 tax overhaul, generally recognized as the biggest domestic achievement of the Reagan administration. That law cut tax rates across the board, but ended special treatment for capital gains and reduced or ended such deductions as state sales taxes and Individual Retirement Accounts...