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brier(2) (iou)



brier noun2. Also briar. M19.
[French bruyere heath, ult. from Gaulish: assim. to BRIER noun1.]
A southern European shrub or small tree, Erica arborea, whose root is used for making tobacco-pipes. Also called tree heath. M19.
A pipe made of the wood of the brier. L19.

Ostpolitik (sh)




(German: "Eastern Policy") West German foreign policy begun in the late 1960s.

Initiated by Willy Brandt as foreign minister and then chancellor, the policy was one of detente with Soviet-bloc countries, recognizing the East German government and expanding commercial relations with Other Soviet-bloc countries. Treaties were concluded in 1970 with the Soviet Union, renouncing the use of force in their relations, and with Poland, recognizing Germany's 1945 losses east of the Oder-Neisse Line. The policy was continued by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.