Word: communist
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...said, ‘I thought this was a Communist country—why aren’t things Communist here?’” she said recently...
Those lucky enough to peek behind the ideological barrier in the midst of the Cold War found that the Soviet Union and Poland were not quite the countries of extreme oppression under harsh Communist regimes that they had expected...
Gail W. Lapidus ’59, who went to the USSR on an academic exchange, said she found a radically different Soviet Bloc than she had anticipated and that these trips into Communist territory helped to “humanize” the area to Americans unaware of actual happenings in a world shrouded by Communist mystique...
...time of Harvard’s invitation, Walesa was under house arrest by the Polish communist government. Walesa’s affirmation of the honor was interpreted incorrectly by Harvard as an acceptance, because of the absence of consistent communication with the leader. Confusion continued as sources in Poland reported that Walesa had never stated his intention to leave the country at all that year—not even to receive the Nobel Peace Prize that he was awarded...
...original invitee was Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland’s Solidarity Movement—the first anti-communist trade union in the Soviet bloc...