There has already been a dramatic shift in trade patterns since the demise of the iron curtain.
Navratilova was the hard-muscled, jarringly-accented lesbian who emerged from behind the Iron Curtain.
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And as the Iron Curtain descended, they boarded a boat for America and arrived at Ellis Island, past the Statue of Liberty.
Mind you, even the Iron Curtain couldn't block out all Eurovision influences.
Like other Austrian firms, Voestalpine has been doing a lot of business in central and eastern Europe since the iron curtain was lifted.
He saw those changes then take place with incredible speed when the Berlin Wall came down and the Iron Curtain was pulled asunder.
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Some idealists believed that a strong peace movement in Western Europe would inspire those behind the Iron Curtain to demand disarmament from their rulers too.
Finally, let me just say that the Czechs continue to inspire the world with their own transition from being behind the Iron Curtain to freedom and democracy.
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That is the bitter experience of loyal Atlanticists in eastern Europe, who have been waiting for America's visa regime to lift ever since the iron curtain fell.
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Following the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Lobkowicz family, who had long since fled to the United States, set about reclaiming the collection.
It was also a symbol of hope during the cold war, a place where scientists from both sides of the iron curtain could work together on peaceful projects.
With enduring bonds forged across decades, the democracies that emerged one by one from behind the Iron Curtain are now America's allies and partners, and today we jointly confront global challenges.
In the wake of the collapse of the Iron Curtain, military engagement activities played a significant role in integrating the newly freed states of Central and Eastern Europe into the North Atlantic community.
Russia was tucked away behind the Iron Curtain.
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As a young patent lawyer in the early 1960s he went behind the Iron Curtain and brought back the metal sutures that gave birth to U.S. Surgical Corp. and the technology to make soft contact lenses.
Ms Fabiani said he had promoted cross-cultural links, taking Scottish artists abroad and bringing other European artists to Scotland making a particular contribution to the understanding of Eastern European art between 1968 and 1989 with his journeys behind the Iron Curtain.
His father, arrested by the Nazis during the war as an opponent of Hitler, somehow secretly heard on the BBC where the final demarcation between Soviet and Western forces would be - the line of what would become the Iron Curtain.
In a city which has finally regained its status as one of eastern Europe's leading cultural capitals after the devastation of World War II and decades largely isolated from the West behind the Iron Curtain, Kaye said the orchestra's message of peace through music was especially resonant.
Since the proverbial iron curtain went up in 1991, Russians have lagged in the startup race.
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Russia's full cooperation with the fight against terrorism has led to the allies believing the time may be ripe for taking a fresh look at the way NATO does business with the former iron curtain superpower.
When bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, when an Iron Curtain fell over Europe, when the threat of nuclear war loomed just 90 miles from this city, when a brilliant September morning was darkened by terror -- in none of those instances did we falter.
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