Word: tenseness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tens of thousands of East Germans have fled the country in recent months, turning their backs on the rigid authoritarian system, and thousands of citizens have staged massive demonstrations in recent weeks.
For the first time, East Germany's state-run television promptly reported the protest, saying "tens of thousands of citizens" took part.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of blacks in South Africa's seven biggest cities and several towns staged jubilant "victory marches" to celebrate the promised release of the eight prominent prisoners.
BERLIN--Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched and shouted "We Need Freedom!" in Leipzig yesterday during the largest prodemocracy rally in East Germany since a 1953 workers' uprising, witnesses said.
Even with American cooperation, that vision could prove elusive. The aging revolutionaries who dominate Viet Nam's 13-member Politburo are largely uneducated and rigidly dogmatic. They resist the creative solutions of younger technocrats and refuse to countenance the kind of political renovation that might stanch the flow of tens...