Word: rules
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dusk, the crowds beneath the statue of St. Wenceslas in downtown Prague kept growing, in size and in confidence. By late last week they had swelled into the largest protests in Czechoslovakia's history: a half million chanting, shouting, horn- honking people, all bent on ousting the repressive rule of Communist Party leader Milos Jakes. They achieved their primary objective in just eight days...
From the election of a Solidarity government in Poland to the opening of the Berlin Wall to the announced end of Communist monopoly rule in Czechloslovakia, the East is entering uncharted waters, and the West wants to know what it all means--immediately...
...reform efforts are to be applauded, but the world should not be fooled. De Klerk's policies do not make him a true political reformer. He has not indicated that he will give Blacks equal political rights, since such a move would lead to the end of white apartheid rule...
Under the pressure of a public demanding an endto 40 years of authoritarian one-party rule, EastGermany has undergone dizzying changes sincehard-line Communist Erich Honecker was ousted Oct.18 and replaced by Egon Krenz...
...very end," said Jana Cervenkova, who was among the demonstrators. "As long as the Communists rule, it's going to be messed up as it was for the last 40 years...