Word: zone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vague ideas about what subjects could be negotiated with the Russians, but some very firm thoughts about what ought not to be discussed with them: recognition of East Germany, confirmation of the Oder-Neisse line as the boundary between Poland and Germany, establishment of Central Europe as a neutral zone. To the old man's delight, Kennedy agreed to keep such issues out of any discussion on Berlin-although they might be considered in future talks on some larger issue, such as reunification of Germany...
...third of the university's students used to come from the Soviet Zone, some of them commuting each day. When the Wall went up, about 1,000 students still lived in East Berlin. A "large number," as one official warily puts it, have hurdled the Wall "by the most adventurous ways conceivable." What they find is a profound change since August. "Everybody has become much more serious," says one teacher. "The students seem to be braver, or perhaps just less nervous. The Wall has unified...
...death strip is backed up by other obstacles to prevent escapes from East Germany. Immediately behind it there is in effect a second death strip, which, however, is usually lethal only at night: it is the "500-meter zone," where anyone is shot after dark. Beyond that is a "security zone" dotted with watchtowers that report the movements even of farmers in the fields. Beyond that is a five-kilometer (threemile) Sperrzone (forbidden zone), dotted with control points that check travelers' passes, available only at Communist Party headquarters...
Harvard only approached the West Point end zone once, and that was in the fourth period...
Wilson this year will try what he describes as a "team defense," which means sort of a collapsing man to man zone. Anyway, it will have to be damn good. Princeton, last year's champion, and second place Penn, are really fine basketball teams and should fight it out among themselves for the title. Brown, too, appears beyond the rest of the league, though not in a class with Penn or Princeton...