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In 1989 I was in the military and the events in Berlin went largely unnoticed in our little installation. We watched the news as long as it didn’t distract us from the our main occupation — counting days until the discharge. 20 years later, when the excitement of breaking down a hated symbol [...]
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In 1959 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev visited the USA.
On his visit Khrushchev had two requests: to visit Disneyland and to meet John Wayne, Hollywood’s top box-office draw. Due to the Cold War tension and security concerns, he was famously denied an excursion to Disneyland. He did, however, declare Iowa corn [...]
