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<text id=90TT0989>
<title>
Apr. 23, 1990: All In A Day's Work
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Apr. 23, 1990 Dan Quayle:No Joke
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 43
All in a Day's Work
</hdr>
<body>
<p> East Germany's first freely elected parliament got down to
business last week after approving a new noncommunist coalition
government. In the space of six hours the legislators:
</p>
<p>-- Apologized to the world's Jews for the Holocaust,
promised them reparations and resolved to seek diplomatic
relations with Israel.
</p>
<p>-- Recognized the legitimacy of Poland's postwar borders.
</p>
<p>-- Expressed remorse for East Germany's role in the
Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
</p>
<p>-- Endorsed the rapid unification of the two Germanys.
</p>
<p>-- Agreed that a united Germany should be a member of NATO
until a new European security system evolves.
</p>
<p>-- Elected Lothar de Maiziere, the Christian Democratic
leader, as Prime Minister.
</p>
<p> The speedy pace was understandable, since the parliament
will dissolve after the Germanys are merged. "There is an inner
tension in playing the role of liquidator," said De Maiziere.
"One of the psychological challenges I face is to take
responsibility for an office which will become superfluous."
</p>
</body>
</article>
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