Word: lenin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Founded in 1912 by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Pravda was closed three times by Czar Nicholas, and again by Alexander Kerensky in 1917. The once proud party organ last week lamented, with fine irony, the "planned economic strangulation of free, independent media...
...sale. There are few consumer goods available, but selling symbols of the discredited past seems to be a booming business. The West African People's Republic of Benin, bucking the worldwide trend, is said to have paid $75,000 for a statue of founding father Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The ZIL limousines of the former leadership are on the block at as much as $10,000. Old government telephones made of semiprecious metals can reportedly be had for $400 each, complete with anti-bugging devices...
What do a Dan Quayle signature jacket, a piece of the Lenin statue from St. Petersburg, and one of Bette Midler's shoes have in common...
...proud new owner of a chunk of Lenin statue Greg, Carr, a 1986 Kennedy School graduate, said the piece will become part of a "very in formal" collection which also includes part of the Berlin Wall...
...BERLIN WALL is gone, communism is fading into an esoteric academic study and, thus, we move from our reference to Vladimir Lenin's question, "What is to be Done?" to "Fifteen Minutes." Our new weekly magazine retains many of the old features of the "What" while adding many new departments...