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Miners opposed this country’s regime in the Jiu (“JEE-oo”) Valley strike. In 1967, this country tried to increase its population size by restricting abortion under Decree 770. (10[1])Political prisoners were held in the Sighet Prison by this country’s brutal secret police, the Securitate. This country’s revolution began in its city of Timișoara (10[1])(“tee-meesh-WAH-rah”), after which this country’s dictator and his wife failed to escape by (10[1])helicopter. Ion Iliescu (“yohn eel-YES-koo”) became this country’s President (-5[1])after it became the only Warsaw Pact country to execute its former leader on Christmas Day 1989. For 10 points, which country was led for most of the Cold War by Nicolae Ceaușescu ■END■

ANSWER: Romania [or România]
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%59.80
UK (South)UK8100%25%51.50
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%39.50
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%44.75
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%44%62.22
FloridaUS475%25%45.67
Great LakesUS1090%30%52.67
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%49.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%43.33
MidwestUS10100%0%56.50
NorthUS4100%0%32.50
NortheastUS11100%9%36.64
SoutheastUS12100%0%44.92
Upstate NYUS5100%0%53.00