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1989 And the Fall of the Wall: Did Reagan Do It?

Jesse Larner | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Czeslaw Milosz, Charter 77, 1989, Ronald Reagan, Vaclav Havel, Adam Michnik, Plastic People of the Universe, Leszek Kolakowski, Jacek Kuron, East Germany, Andrei Sakharov, Imre Nagy, Lech Walesa, Aleksandr Dubcek, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Moscow Helsinki Group, Bronislaw Geremak, Yelena Bonner, Berlin Wall, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ddr, World News
Jesse Larner

Regan probably hastened the fall of the Wall by a few years, but it could have fallen without him. It could not however, have fallen without the sacrifices of those living under Soviet Communism.

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Music for the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Tim Mohr | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1989, The Cure, Ultravox, 99 Red Balloons, Kate Bush, Nukes, Sisters of Mercy, Atomic War, Billy Bragg, The Smiths, Nena, Nuclear Weapons, Alphaville, U2, Tim Mohr, Atomic Bomb, Berlin Wall, Anne Clark, Bono, Berlin, Entertainment News
Tim Mohr

The awareness of mortality in 1980s nuke-pop was amplified by the inescapably bleak Cold War reality. With the fall of the Wall, much of the threat evaporated. The music, however, lives on.

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1989

Ana Menendez | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Castro, Communism, Berlin Wall Anniversary, 1989, Berlin Wall, Berlin-Wall-2009, Belin Wall 20th Anniversary, Berlin Wall 1989, World News
Ana Menendez

I was 19 when the Berlin Wall fell. The free world cheered. But not my family.

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Lessons For US Economic Policy From The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Experiment, 1989, East Germany, Economy, West Germany, Regulation, Democracy, Capitalism, Fee Market Economy, Lessons From Fall of Berlin Wall, Lessons From Germany, Berlin Wall, Communism, Paul Samuelson, Economic Policy, Germany, Unification, Command Economy, Cold War, Socialism, Free Market, Fall of Berlin Wall, Berlin, Politics News

The abrupt and miserable end of the socialist experiment--it all happened so fast, with East Germany getting absorbed into West Germany on Oct. 3, 199...

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Remembering 1989, Diversity in Post-Communist Europe

Barry D. Wood | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, 1989, Missile Defense, Eastern Europe, Igor Shuvalov, Globalization, Vaclav Klaus, Cold War, World News
Barry D. Wood

Today, nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, freedom and diversity are the realities in post-communist Europe.

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Beach Blanket Babylon: People Who Give A Damn

Greg Archer | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: A Chorus Line, The Academy Awards, Reality TV, 1989, Beach Blanket Babylon, Marvin Hamlisch, San Francisco, Rob Lowe, Steve Silver, The Oscars, Merv Griffin, Amy Winehouse, Snow White, Queen Elizabeth II, Rita Moreno, Entertainment News
Greg Archer

BBB is quite possibly the most unforgettable emotional roller-coaster ride of camp and bone-tickling fun.

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The Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square, or Something Completely Different?

John Milewski | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: 1989, Social Networking, Iran Election, Michael Crichton, Cold War, Berlin Wall, Neil Howe, Tiananmen Square, China, Bill Strauss, World News
John Milewski

While we can't underestimate the power and resolve of desperate regimes, we also can't resist letting ourselves dream that Tehran can become the next Berlin.

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Twenty Years Ago: Beijing, Warsaw, and History's Fork

John Feffer | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Solidarity, Cold War, 1989, Missile Defense, Tiananmen Square, Poland, World News
John Feffer

There will be many commemorations of June 4, some joyous, some sorrowful. But 20 years later, I'm still waiting for my invitation to the Cold War's funeral.

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