Word: westing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BERLIN--West Germany said yesterday it was willing to give East Germany massive financial aid in the style of the postwar U.S. Marshall Plan, but demanded political and economic reforms the Communists have so far rejected...
After a historic weekend in which millions of East Germans took advantage of their new freedom to travel west, Parliament also picked a non-Communist speaker in the chamber's first secret ballot and urged accelerated changes...
Meanwhile, West German television estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 pro-democracy activists demonstrated in Leipzig, in the center of the country, pressing for continued change to prolong the spirit of hope sweeping the nation...
Something horrible, instantly dubbed by the British tabloids as the Pangbourne Massacre, has occurred in an elegant, exclusive development west of London: 32 adult residents of the tasteful new houses have been murdered, and 13 children have disappeared. Baffled investigators, ranging from the local police up to the Home Office and Scotland Yard, eventually call on Dr. Richard Greville, a psychiatrist who specializes in criminal behavior. Running Wild is his report...
...thousands more East Germans flee to the West, the new President genuflects to perestroika in Moscow and his underlings call mass meetings to hear complaints. But events are bringing the two Germanys closer together. -- Ortega scuttles a cease-fire with Nicaragua's contras. -- A vibrant new middle class stirs in India...