Leaders

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Less Walesa

Good revolutionaries tend to make bad rulers

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The bullies of Vilnius

March 1990: How Mikhail Gorbachev reacted to Lithuania's desire for independence

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Hooked on just saying no

Minimising the evil of drugs means learning to live with them, legally

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Our man for the Nobel

If it were up to The Economist, this year's Nobel prize for peace would go to...

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There is a better way

From 1984: Food aid bad, but food aid essential: an Ethiopian tragedy

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Sorry, Melina

The Elgin marbles should stay put—or at least find their true price

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Test-tube babies

The moral questions scientists cannot duck

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Now wake the brave

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A new Mugabe?

Oil prices

Some chicken

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The Eagle Has Landed

Our leader on the moon landing in 1969

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President above party

Mr Johnson is determined that the unity of the American people and the responsibilities of his office shall not be involved in the partisanship of this election year