Word: western
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...power and energy of David Byrne's newest release, Rei Momo, doesn't knock you to your knees, it will definitely leave you wondering how the drummer didn't pass out from sheer exhaustion. An inspired combination of South American salsa and merengue styles, country and western twangs and violin concertos, Rei Momo has an almost thoroughly upbeat effect that is certain to make you dream of spending next year's Carnival in Brazil...
Junge Welt, the Communist Party youth newspaper, said the "gang of Western news reporters" stirred up the protests...
Officials in West Berlin said Western tourists were allowed into East Berlin yesterday. They had been kept out since Thursday because of the anniversary celebrations...
...enough to rescue Viet Nam from its international isolation. But with that formulation, Washington destroyed Hanoi's hopes for prompt normalization of relations with the outside world and an end to the trade embargo that has wrecked Viet Nam's economy. The crippling boycott has deprived Hanoi of all Western aid, credit, technology and trade, turning the country of 65 million people into a basket case...
Though many Western leaders have generously praised the reforms taking place in Poland and Hungary, they have been relatively stingy in offering any material encouragement. Now, however, the words may be matched by an ample infusion of cash. Last week the European Community proposed that 24 non- Communist industrialized countries, including its own twelve members, send $648 million in aid to Warsaw and Budapest next year...