The fall of the wall was a kind of year zero for Berlin and was followed by a wave of optimism, illustrated by the murals from that era at the East Side Gallery (the longest section of the Berlin wall still standing), but the integration of the relatively impoverished eastern section hasn't been easy and is an ongoing process.
Americans saw it differently, as the most inspiring event in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the revolt of the Baltic states.
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Its days have been numbered since the collapse of the Berlin Wall coincided with the bursting of Japan's bubble economy.
With the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rise of Nirvana, nuclear anxiety gave way to more unchanneled angst accompanied by fewer synthesizers.
Spanning 1.3 km, this is the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall still standing and it is covered in graffiti and murals painted in the euphoric aftermath of Berlin's unification.
These changes can be traced to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union, events that forever altered America's role in Europe and the world.
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Among the artifacts to be included: a transistor, Louis Armstrong's trumpet, a shard of the dismantled Berlin Wall, a photo of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, and a film of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon.
This reckless and irresponsible course was ill-advised when, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and prior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, many in the West indulged in the naive belief that a new, threat-free world had arrived.
Robert Gates said that since the fall of the Berlin Wall two decades ago America's share of Nato's spending had risen to 75%.
The steady reduction of barriers since WWII, and especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall, has led to an unprecedented expansion of global prosperity.
Yet, historians 400 years into the future would remember this past quarter century, Summers said, not for the global financial crisis or even the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the way that a third of humanity was lifted out of poverty and had their standards of living improved multifold.
It is as if the speed and magnitude of the changes to East Germans' lives after the fall of the Berlin Wall left some East Berliners longing for the certainties of the old days.
Movie from the German Broadcasting Archive and related to the collection "Construction and Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Two-Plus-Four-Treaty of 1990" submitted by Germany and inscribed on the Memory of the World Register in 2011.
Because, when you get down to it, a piece of Berlin Wall concrete without paint is just a piece of concrete.
W. Bush in College Station, Texas, five bronze horses stampede across a replica in bronze of the Berlin Wall, while inside a Studebaker from an early cross-country campaign mythologizes the long journey of Bush Sr.
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Kohl exhibited similar determination by quickly reunifying his country after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
General Assembly established the IPCC in the months immediately preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall.
He said reports that he took responsibility for the fall of the Berlin Wall were "complete garbage".
Italy's difficulties are not unlike those faced by the countries of Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
And these will be modeled on funds that supported the transitions in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 prompted a massive international crisis and meant that Parliament was recalled in October.
Next month sees the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, yet those countries are still waiting for membership.
Followers of Mr Thom claim that the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was unexpected, although only the timing was a surprise.
Turcotte said he encountered a similar lack of initiative among officials from former Warsaw Pact officials after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The massive warehouse in the Mitte district was occupied by artists after the fall of the Berlin Wall and became a major tourist attraction.
While the world should be cheering the Honduran election as we did the fall of the Berlin wall, international opinion continues to turn against them.
After touring the home, take a stroll through the sculpture garden, with works by Andy Goldsworthy and Claes Oldenburg, and two slabs of the Berlin Wall.
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It was only after the fall of the Berlin Wall that he was able to contemplate a career in the country that he had barely, first-hand, known.
The Cold War was, in many ways, characterised by the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 - an iconic symbol that was visited several times by the team.
The fall of the Berlin Wall drew her into politics and Mr Kohl propelled her towards the top, naming her minister for women and youth in his third cabinet.
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