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- proper noun history The
democratic regime ofGermany from 1919 to theassumption ofpower by Adolf Hitler in 1933.
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- noun the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919
Etymologies
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Examples
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One reason why the Nazis were able to gain control in the Weimar Republic was the impotence of a deeply divided German Parliament.
Hillary Says She Would Support Filibuster Of Intel Committee's Telecom Immunity Bill 2009
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Indeed, the Weimar Republic was a veritable proto-Trudeaupia.
The best column yet on human rights commissions - Ezra Levant 2008
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The Weimar Republic is a classic case, and it taught the West Germans in 1949 what not to do in such documents; the German basic law is almost a model.
Irish Miracle 2008
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The Weimar Republic was a time not just of fiscal disaster and madness, but of cultural degeneration and depravity.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Indeed, the Weimar Republic was a veritable proto-Trudeaupia.
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The Weimar Republic was a democracy, so is the USA. caveat here The people in USA are definitely mostly peace-loving and benevolent, anyone who studied the history of the last century knows how USA has saved the world, twice.
How I learned to be not troubled by the re-militarization of Japan Sun Bin 2007
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We use the argument that we have to stop these tyrants (whom for the most part we ourselves created) and make them democratic to in turn make the world safer, knowing full well that even the Weimar Republic was a form of democracy that turned very, very bad in an instant and that we ourselves seem to be reflecting it in its final throes!
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The Weimar Republic was a democracy, so is the USA. caveat here The people in USA are definitely mostly peace-loving and benevolent, anyone who studied the history of the last century knows how USA has saved the world, twice.
Archive 2007-07-01 Sun Bin 2007
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"The Weimar Republic was the peak of Western civilization and was regarded as a model of democracy," he said.
The Progressive Magazine Feed Matthew Rothschild 2010
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The Weimar Republic was the peak of western civilization in the sciences and the arts, also regarded as a model of democracy.
Free Internet Press 2010
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