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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Claus von Bulow said yesterday he agreed to divorce his comatose wife provided his stepchildren dropped their civil suit against him and split their inheritance with his daughter, but the offer was rejected...
...perceptible easing of hostilities between the sister cities has helped dispel the East Berlin reputation for gloominess. The process of normalization was set in motion in the early 1980s by Richard von Weizsacker, who was then West Berlin's mayor and is today West Germany's Federal President. Von Weizsacker became the first West Berlin mayor to meet with Erich Honecker, East Germany's Communist Party leader. Small signs of cooperation began to emerge on areas of mutual concern like waste disposal and pollution. Although the almost daily contacts are still conducted on an unofficial basis, the numbing silence...
Despite such frictions, many Berliners still harbor a dream that one day their city will again be whole. The wish is expressed openly on the Western side. "When the Wall was built, no one believed that the city would remain divided forever," says President Von Weizsacker. "That the Wall remains after 25 years is probably the most important proof of the fact that our feelings of belonging together are as strong today as in the past." On the Eastern side, officials insist that the "German question" is closed forever and denounce any suggestion of reunification. But the longing...
...College and graduate school deans also recommended students that helped in the 350th anniversary preparations, according to von Stade. She said she will pare down the approximately 100 names given to her to 50, of which about 30 will beundergraduates...
...representative from the British Consulatewill coach the selected students on the proper wayto behave around royalty, said von Stade, addingthat the same thing would have occurred for otherfamous people...