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...misery and oppression of the working class." The writers of the history textbooks did not even seem to know when the "New Era" began (i.e., with the Russian Revolution). And nowhere was there anywhere near enough attention paid to the life & works of Joseph Stalin or of his faithful servant, Czech President Klement Gottwald...
...imperial army, but long ago dropped the von from his name, turned Socialist, and after World War II became mayor of Vienna. His defeated opponent (by a slim margin): Dr. Heinrich Gleissner, candidate for the Christian-Democratic People's Party, governor of Upper Austria, and onetime civil servant in Austria's antiSocialist, pro-clerical Dollfuss government. It was the second time in three weeks that Austrians went to the polls to vote for a President: the first balloting had ended in a draw...
When Chicago's ex-Mayor and Democratic Boss Ed Kelly died last fall at the age of 74, the citizenry could hardly wait to find out how much money he had piled up. Although Ed was born in poverty and had been a modestly paid public servant most of his life, Chicago was certain that he was a millionaire-perhaps two or three times over. Nobody had forgotten that Mayor "Big Bill" Thompson left $1,500,000 stuffed in his safe-deposit boxes, and it was hard to believe that onetime Sewer Engineer Kelly had not enjoyed similar opportunity...
...corporal in the native auxiliary troops and an ex-trooper named Amou N'Talit Tademalit, a Berber tribesman who, some said, was in love with the corporal's wife. Whatever the cause, the corporal had decided to show his contempt for Amou by treating him like a servant. Riding proudly up to his house that day, he had flung his reins at the Berber and ordered him to hold the horse while he dismounted. He had also handed Amou his rifle to hold (although the Berbers, a proud, sensitive people who had ruled the land long before...
Enter the Psychiatrist. As these creatures go through the motions of life, the Enclosure gradually changes character. The undertaker's daughter marries neurotic young Christopher when her true love, a handsome servant boy, is killed. The marriage is a wretched failure. Undertaker Stacy becomes a doddering old invalid, still at odds with the Enclosure. The walls of the Enclosure itself begin to tumble down: one of the best houses, it is rumored, will soon be taken over by a psychiatrist for a rest home...