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    Kruschev’s “secret” denunciation of Stalin

    This was a big moment in history. Is it discussed in high school and colleges now?

    https://www.ht.lu.se/media/utbildnin...ality_1956.pdf

    Here’s a fascinating op-ed, by a woman who was a red diaper baby, about her reaction to the Kruschev speech:

    “When Communism Inspired Americans”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/o...americans.html


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    Your first link is dead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by U-Ute View Post
    Your first link is dead.
    Fixed now. Sorry!

    "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
    --Yeats

    “True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

    --John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell

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