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Berlin Wall
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
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
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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Wailing Wall
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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 |
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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
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 |
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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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wall knot
wall knot, a stopper knot on a rope to prevent anything passing beyond it (see illustration overleaf). The rope is unlayed to a distance of four or five times the circumference of the rope and the individual strands tucked over the strand behind and under the strand in front. They are then each... Read more |
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Profile: Changes to Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago
...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 ... |
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Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: the travails of East...
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 ... |
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1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall: the wall not only divided Berlin, it was a...
...since the Berlin Wall had gone up...defended it for 28 years." But shortly after 11 p.m...Europe, was the Berlin Wall--a 96...through from East Berlin to freedom...Cold War began after the ... |
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Billy Graham to hold evangelistic rally at Berlin Wall; largest ecumenical...
...AT BERLIN WALL Largest Ecumenical...East and West Germany in 30 Years MINNEAPOLIS...details for Berlin 90, an outdoor...be held in Berlin on Saturday...afternoon, March 10, in what...East and West ... |
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Soviets Clear East Berlin Policy Shift;Non-Communist Rule Seen...
...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 ... |
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I'm proud to have built the BERLIN WALL ..I wish it was still standing;...
...stand for 28 years, two months...Kessler, the Berlin Wall remains a...nine years after the East...and West Germany. The wall...enclave of West Berlin from the...the age of ... |
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I'm proud to have built the BERLIN WALL ...I wish it was still standing;...
...stand for 28 years, two months...Kessler, the Berlin Wall remains a...nine years after the East...and West Germany. The wall...enclave of West Berlin from the...the age of ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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CANCER KILLS EX-LEADER OF E. GERMANY ERICH HONECKER, 81, BUILT THE BERLIN WALL
...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 ... |
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10 YEARS AFTER THE WALL: A NEW BERLIN BUT OLD BURDENS FOR GERMANY\
...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 ... |
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Life still tough in former East Germany: Region is plagued by unemployment 15...
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 ... |
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