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`Glasnost': Lenin Loved It Too
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On the same recent day a Soviet official acknowledged what the
world has long known-that the Soviet Union has chemical weapons-and a
Soviet agency acknowledged what no one ever doubted-that there is
inflation in the Soviet economy-there wasa third and comparably
dramatic development on the glasnost front. It was reportedthat
glasnost has a glittering pedigree: Lenin loved it.
It seems Lenin used the word "glasnost," meaning openness, 46
times. That is not a promiscuous use when spread through 55 volumes
of his writings, and some uses are of almost Delphic inscrutability:
"Glasnost is a ...
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