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121Malta Summit — The Malta Summit consisted of a meeting between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and U.S.S.R. leader Mikhail Gorbachev, taking place between December 2 3 1989, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was their second meeting… …
122Decommunization — Five double headed Russian coat of arms eagles (below) substituting the former state emblem of the Soviet Union and the “CCCP” letters (above) in the facade of the Grand Kremlin Palace after the dissolution of the USSR Decommunization is a… …
123Eastern Bloc emigration and defection — Conrad Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on August 15, 1961, three days after construction began on the Berlin Wall[1] Eastern Bloc emigration and defection was a point of controversy during the Cold War. After Worl …
124Kohlberg Kravis Roberts — Infobox Company company name = Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co. company company type = Partnership foundation = 1976 location = 7 offices in 5 countries key people = Henry Kravis, Senior Partner George R. Roberts, Senior Partner industry = Private… …
125Balcerowicz Plan — The Balcerowicz Plan ( pl. Plan Balcerowicza), also termed Shock Therapy, was a method for rapidly transitioning from a communist economy, based on state ownership and central planning, to a capitalist market economy. Named for its author, the… …
126People's Republic of Poland — Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa Satellite state of the Soviet Union ← …
127Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 — The 2008 Democratic caucuses in Iowa occurred on January 3, 2008, and were the state caucuses of the Democratic Party in Iowa. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2008 presidential election. Of the eight major Democratic… …
128The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases — The terms Primary Phase and Secondary Phase describe the first two radio series of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy . [The spelling of Hitchhiker s Guide has varied in different editions. For consistency this article always spells it this way …
