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Two regions of this country were sardonically referred to as the “valley of the clueless” (10[1])because they were (10[1])outside (10[2])of the signal (10[1])range of ARD TV (10[1])broadcasts. (10[2])Concerts by the Beatles (10[1])in a [emphasize] neighboring country precipitated a 1965 youth-led (-5[1])“Beat Revolt” against authorities in this country. A walking figure wearing a straw hat (10[2])known as the “little (10[1])light man” (10[1])first appeared (10[3])on this country’s (10[1]-5[1])pedestrian (10[1])signals. (10[5])People in this country (10[2])waited (10[1])up to (10[1])10 years (10[1])to acquire a loudly-backfiring (10[1]-5[1])plastic car called (10[2])the Trabant. (10[1])A famous piece of graffiti showed a leader (-5[1])of this country, Erich Honecker, (10[2])sharing (10[1])a fraternal (10[1])kiss (10[1])with (10[1])Leonid Brezhnev. For 10 points, ostalgie romanticizes the culture of what former Communist country, (10[1])whose citizens were heavily surveilled by the Stasi? ■END■ (0[1])

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