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Berlin Berlin airlift an operation by British and American aircraft to airlift food and supplies to Berlin in 1948–9, while Russian forces blockaded the city to isolate it from the West and terminate the joint Allied military government of the city. After the blockade was lifted the city was formally divided into two parts:
West Berlin, comprising the American, British, and French sectors, later a state of the Federal Republic of Germany despite forming an enclave within the German Democratic Republic; and
East Berlin, the sector of the city occupied by the USSR and later capital of the German Democratic Republic.
Berlin Wall a fortified and heavily guarded wall built in 1961 by the communist authorities on the boundary between East and West Berlin chiefly to curb the flow of East Germans to the West. Regarded as a symbol of the division of Europe into the communist countries of the East and the democracies of the West, it was opened in November 1989 after the collapse of the communist regime in East Germany and subsequently dismantled.
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BERLIN IN EXPO SEASON: WWW.BERLIN.DE AND THE NEW BERLIN IN THE INTERNET GIVE VISITORS A TASTE FOR THE CITY ON SHOW.
PR Newswire; 5/22/2000; 700+ words
; ...22. This press release is transmitted on behalf of Berlin.de Berlin - On June 1 2000 a world exhibition will be opened in Germany for the first time. Berlin is taking part as an ''external pavilion''. With...
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Berlin: vital, pulsing, unfulfilled For many in Germany's still-divided capital, the world has changed too fast
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/21/1993; ; 700+ words
; BERLIN -- At 2:30 a.m., long after Saturday...Air Ministry, near the ruins of the old Berlin Wall. Plumes of cigarette smoke pour from...through the smoke they plunge into one of Berlin's hippest dance clubs, an abandoned underground...
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BERLIN PARTNER ORGANIZES CHINA TRIP FOR BERLIN ECONOMICS SENATOR.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/5/2007; 700+ words
; (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Berlin Partner Organizes China Trip for Berlin Economics Senator Harald Wolf BERLIN, Nov 5 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Good Perspectives for Sino-Berlin Business...
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Berlin's Victory As Germany regains its old capital, the Brandenburg Gate is restored
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/16/1991; ; 700+ words
; BERLIN -- Continuing its march back as Germany's capital, Berlin got its chariot back yesterday. Hoisted atop the Brandenburg...Goddess of Victory resumed her place overlooking eastern Berlin after an 18-month renovation that repaired damage...
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Berlin ag teacher reaps state award
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 3/4/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...combined with community service, Doyle Paul, of Berlin, Somerset County, is a shining example. So...a former vocational agriculture teacher at Berlin and the current adviser of the Berlin Young Farmers Chapter, said the award was a...
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Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir.
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...20th-century American way of life. Irving Berlin, the Russian cantor's son, born Irving Baline...Mary Ellin Barrett makes quite clear in Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir, is that Berlin also was a husband and a very loving, if somewhat...
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Berlin Cameron stands on its own; Top-level hires, Pfizer win prove it succeeds beyond big personality of founders.(Special Report: Agency of the Year; Berlin Cameron/Red Cell)
Magazine article from: Advertising Age; 1/12/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: LISA SANDERS When andy berlin and Ewen Cameron first partnered in business, Mr. Berlin recalls "we realized the amount of work done...listened. The New York agency founded in 1997 as Berlin Cameron & Partners with a staff of five...
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Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo.
Magazine article from: Art Monthly; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo Mori Art Museum Tokyo January 28 to May 7 'Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo', the latest offering from Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, is an exhibition of broad historical scope and suitably ambitious scale. Conceived...
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BERLIN CAN'T REVEL IN ITS PAST.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/17/1998; 700+ words
; Byline: SUZANNE FIELDS BERLIN -- ``Berlin is a city that has never been at ease with itself.'' This observation by Alexandra Richie, in her new book about Berlin, ``Faust's Metropolis,'' captures the uneasy experience...
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West Berlin's Out-of-the-Way Museums
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/7/1987; ; 700+ words
; Berlin is a city rich in museums. Some, like the Dahlem Painting...Most of these impressive prewar collections are on view in East Berlin's large museums. But in West Berlin there are dozens of other, smaller collections, peculiar to...
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Berlin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Berlin , city (1994 pop. 3,475,400), capital of Germany, coextensive with Berlin state (341 sq mi/883 sq km), NE Germany...and Havel rivers. Formerly divided into East Berlin (156 sq mi/404 sq km) and West Berlin (185...
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Berlin, Irving 1888-1989
Book article from: American Decades
BERLIN, IRVING 1888-1989 Songwriter America's Minstrel When asked to comment on Irving Berlin's place in American music, Jerome Kern famously declared: "Irving Berlin has no place in American music — he is...
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Berlin, Irving
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Irving Berlin Born: May 11, 1888 Temun, Russia Died...songwriter The American composer Irving Berlin produced over eight hundred songs, many...Americans at the time. Early struggles Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia...
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Irving Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Irving Berlin The American composer Irving Berlin (1888-1989) produced about 800 songs, many of which attained...epitomize the mass American sentiments of the era. Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Tyumen, Russia, on May 11, 1888...
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Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG Saatwinkler Damm 42-43 Berlin 13627 Germany Telephone: +49 (0)1805 737 800...Other Support Activities for Air Transportation Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG is Germany's leading...
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