Word: bolsheviks
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...During the Industrial Revolution in the British Isles, starvation and forced migration almost halved Ireland's population. In the late 19th century in the U.S., millions lived in squalor, and militias occasionally shot striking workers in labor disputes - it happened as late as 1914, in Ludlow, Colorado. Before the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia had one of the fastest rates of economic growth in Europe, even as peasants starved and an urban proletariat grew up ready to revolt. It's easy to see how, on a three-day trip, India might feel like a nation magically transformed. Bookstores have shelves dedicated...
...legacy of the company to make the tough decisions that are needed." Executives humored him but cringed when he announced he wanted to make his company environmentally friendly, long before Toyota's hybrid Prius became a household name. "I think that I was perceived perhaps as a Bolshevik early on," says Ford. Other comparisons were not so kind...
WHEN YOU TOOK OVER AS CHAIRMAN, NOT EVERYBODY LIKED YOUR IDEAS. It was hard to get alignment within the company. It was the system that had developed over many years and the people who were running various departments. I was perceived perhaps as a bit of a Bolshevik early...
...Granola:This Granola can be seen in schoolyards everywhere, playing “No Woman, No Cry” on the acoustic guitar. While they strum, they usually sport all manner of hats, mostly ones made out of knit material, but also hand-me-downs from the Bolshevik Army. They think their clothing is pretty “cool,” but what they think is even cooler is their love of marijuana. And listening to King Crimson while smoking it. Who are King Crimson, anyway? And how did they steal our school color? BOWL: Moderate—they...
Almodovar is probably the last person I'd think of as a hero. The mediocre quality of the films he makes on taxpayers' money is exceeded only by his third-class café Bolshevik political comments. He is definitely not my idea of a hero. Peter Schmidt Madrid...