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Berlin Wall 1961-89, a barrier first erected in Aug., 1961, by the East German government along the border between East and West Berlin, and later along the entire border between East Germany and West Germany. At first constructed of barbed wire, the wall was built to halt large numbers of... Read more
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Erich Honecker , 1912-94, East German political leader. From a Communist family, Honecker was imprisoned by the Nazis for 10 years for party activities. After the war he joined Walter Ulbricht's Socialist Unity (Communist) party and rose in the East German party bureaucracy. He joined the... Read more
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court handball indoor or outdoor game played by striking a ball against a wall or walls with the palm of the hand. Play may be for singles or doubles (four players) on a court with one, three, or four walls. The court is typically 20 ft (6.1 m) by 34 ft (10.4 m) with a short line, from behind which... Read more
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall of highly polished black granite that descends 10 feet (3.05 meters) below grade level at its vertex. Often called... Read more
East Germany East Germany
German Democratic Republic (or East Germany) A former eastern European country. It emerged in 1949 from the Soviet Zone of occupation of Germany. Its frontier with Poland on the Oder-Neisse line, agreed at the POTSDAM CONFERENCE, was confirmed by the Treaty of Zgorzelec in 1950. Its capital was East... Read more
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blastocyst A mammalian embryo at the stage at which, after cleavage, it is implanted in the wall of the uterus. It consists of a thin-walled, hollow sphere (trophoblast) enclosing a blastocoel. Attached to the inner surface of the trophoblast at one end there is a sheet of cells that will become the... Read more
Great Wall of China Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China Defensive frontier and world heritage site, c.2400km (1500mi) long, extending from the Huang Hai (Yellow Sea) to the Central Asian Desert, n China. It is an amalgamation of fortifications constructed by various dynasties. The Warring States built the first sections of the wall.... Read more
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Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall; Germany's symbolic freedom walk ;...
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune ...Tribune 11-10-2009 Celebrating...fall of the Berlin Wall; Germany's symbolic freedom walk ; After 20 years, leaders and...music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered...the day the Berlin Wall fell...Tribune Nov 10, 2009
Soviets Clear East Berlin Policy Shift;Non-Communist Rule Seen...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...socialism" in East Germany and a "movement...West and East Germany would not be...destruction of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany are still...Wednesday night that 10,000 East Germans...in February after nine years of warfare...
Profile: Changes to Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday ...the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years agoHost...collapse of the Berlin Wall. That was...Eastern Europe after World War II. In 10 years there've been...down. In eastern Germany, unemployment...ph) spent a year of his life in...
CANCER KILLS EX-LEADER OF E. GERMANY ERICH HONECKER, 81, BUILT THE BERLIN WALL
Newspaper article from: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) ...infamous Berlin Wall, died of...ruled for 18 years before the...1993, when Berlin judges ruled...shootings at the Berlin Wall. His...reunified Germany. Although...around West Berlin endured for...was almost 10 years after supervising...
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: the travails of East...
Newspaper article from: WIDER Angle When the Berlin Wall fell, twenty years ago, on 9 November...exceeded a million (after many hundreds of...moved West), and after 1992, early retirement...fourth its 1989 size (10 per cent of the active...latter regard, soon after November 1989, a...
Former East Germany counts few blessings 15 years after Berlin Wall's opening
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ...GermanyFifteen years after the Berlin Wall's collapse...gone wrong in Germany's massive...former East Germany.It's more...anniversary of East Germany's Nov...ending 40 years of Cold War...brethren this year."The relationship...wiping out 10,000 jobs...
Football: SAD DICK HITS A BERLIN WALL; GERMANY Caat creamed 6-0.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ...career as Hertha Berlin hit Borussia Moenchen...for six. The 57-year-old predicted big...heaviest defeat in 17 years. Former Celtic target...Basturk netted a double after Guiseppe Reina...Alexander Madlung put Berlin on easy street...thrown wide open after Bayern Munich only...who ...
In Berlin Wall's Dust, Germany Flounders; Economy, Politics Seem Bleak 15...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Germany marks the 15th...fall of the Berlin Wall on Tuesday...celebration. One in 10 German workers...its stores. Berlin's city hall...East and West Germany in 1990. The...thing, 15 years after our hard...remark last year belittling...
Life still tough in former East Germany: Region is plagued by unemployment 15...
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail GOERLITZ, Germany - Fifteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the lovingly...to success in Germany's massive effort...decision to open the Berlin Wall in the face...ending their 40-year Cold War divide...wiping out 10,000 jobs in...
10 YEARS AFTER THE WALL: A NEW BERLIN BUT OLD BURDENS FOR GERMANY\
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) ...Germans were born after World War II...horrors of the Nazi years do not happen...that burden. The Berlin Republic must carry it, too. After failing to mention Germany's special history...postelection speech last year, the chancellor...Schroeder and his Berlin Republic ...

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