Some Romanians nostalgic two decades after communism's fall

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

BUCHAREST, Romania -- He was the poster child of East Europe's bloodiest revolution against communism 20 years ago, a young academic who captured the yearning of Romania's masses for a new beginning after decades of Stalinist repression by an aging dictator and his henchmen.

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