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Word: posredstvo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...Russian word for "from" is iz, which can hardly be a misprint for chrez posredstvo, which is how the Russians would translate Lincoln...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Iz Is a Big Word | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

Communists still don't understand that when Lincoln said "by the people" (Russian: chrez posredstvo naroda) he meant just that, and not the mystical, self-serving declaration of a ruling clique that its power derived, somehow, "from" the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Iz Is a Big Word | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

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