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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...left hungary in 1956 as a 20-year-old refugee. I was escaping from a totalitarian regime and the oppressive demagoguery of its political leaders. I could no longer stand to listen to the meaningless platitudes about the great success of the latest five-year plan. I settled in the U.S. to get away from that. But I have now been living in Europe for the past several months. When I see President Bush on TV declaring that Iraq and the world are safer and saying that the U.S. economy is recovering, I get an eerie sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...dads and moms want to truly protect their children, however, they should start acting like responsible adults and demand answers that have a basis in reality. Sandra Basile Barnegat, New Jersey, U.S. I left Hungary in 1956 as a 20-year-old refugee. I was escaping from a totalitarian regime and the oppressive demagoguery of its political leaders. I could no longer stand to listen to the meaningless platitudes about the great success of the latest Five-Year Plan. I settled in the U.S. to get away from that. But I have now been living in Europe for the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

North Korea, arguably the world's most paranoid totalitarian regime, is a frustrating bargaining partner under the best of circumstances. But efforts to convince dictator Kim Jong Il to abandon his nuclear-weapons programs could be made even more intractable by a growing call in the U.S. for Pyongyang to be held accountable for the abysmal plight of its starving, oppressed citizens. A bill recently passed by the lower house of the U.S. Congress authorizes Washington to spend millions of dollars promoting human rights in the North and helping thousands of North Korean refugees?legislation an insecure Pyongyang says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Up the Heat | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...latest arrivals join an estimated 5,200 already living in the South, and their ranks are expected to grow as conditions in their homeland worsen. But as Yoo testifies, stepping out of a totalitarian time warp and into a high-tech, hyper-competitive society can be the challenge of a lifetime. To help them assimilate, Seoul gives refugees a two-month-long "life-training" course?teaching such things as how to open a bank account?and a $23,000 settlement payment. They also get a monthly income supplement of up to $375 and help with housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Whole New World | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...Stalin or Hitler could kill millions of people,” Nye said. “But a pathological individual previously required a totalitarian framework...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Panel Says Terrorism Will Be Top Priority | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

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