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Of Marx, Mice And Yen

As communist Europe is being turned upside down, Murray Sayle views a changing world from a Far Eastern perspective Tokyo THE BELLS peal out in Berlin, in Valetta the Maltese......

A Dictionary Of Cant

ELITISM. The doctrine that extraor- dinary ability should be fostered. It is strong in the Soviet Union in order to put excellence in the service of the state. English socialism......