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The tide of history George Bush Sr was too timid to navigate

Germans on the Berlin Wall, November 9 1989

Tear down this wall, Ronald Reagan had demanded. His grasp on the subtleties of foreign affairs was often weak but he saw the sweep of history as clearly as if it was being presented to him in a movie. Full Article at Times Online

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