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Berlin Wall(encyclopedia)
Air Berlin(tourism)
Berlin(tourism)
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Berlin(encyclopedia)
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UNANIMITY (law) and Berlin Wall (sh)


UNANIMITY (law)


UNANIMITY. The agreement of all the persons concerned in a thing in design and opinion. and opinion. 2. Generally a simple majority (q.v.) of any number of persons is 2. Generally a simple majority (q.v.) of any number of persons is sufficient to do such acts as the whole number can do; for example, a sufficient to do such acts as the whole number can do; for example, a majority of the legislature can pass a law: but there are some cases in majority of the legislature can pass a law: but there are some cases in which unanimity is required; for example, a traverse jury, composed of which unanimity is required; for example, a traverse jury, composed of twelve individuals, cannot decide an issue submitted to them, unless they twelve individuals, cannot decide an issue submitted to them, unless they are unanimous. are unanimous.

Berlin Wall (sh)




Barrier surrounding West Berlin that closed off East Germans access to West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 and served as a symbol of the Cold War's division of East and West Germany.

The barrier was built in response to the flight of about 2.5 million East Germans to West Germany in the years 1949-61. First erected on the night of Aug. 12-13, 1961, it developed into a system of concrete walls topped with barbed wire and guarded with watchtowers, gun emplacements, and mines. It was opened in the 1989 democratization that swept through eastern Europe and has been largely torn down.