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The U.S. needs -- but so far lacks -- an idea of how to foster more democracy in Eastern Europe

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With Moscow's apparent acquiescence, reformers in Bulgaria and protesters in Czechoslovakia follow East Germany in pressing for democracy

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In the worst bloodletting of the decade-long war, the fighting kills hundreds, drives tens of thousands from their homes -- and brutally takes the lives of six Jesuit priests

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