11.   Dostum, a former communist who fought alongside the Soviet Union, has often maintained tense relations with men like Muhammad, the commander who skipped the negotiations.

12.   Five years after the demise of communism, former communists seem to be back everywhere you look.

13.   For the last four years, his government applied shock therapy to revive an economy that was near bankruptcy after years of corrupt rule by former communists.

14.   He is a former communist, inheriting his party allegiance from his father, Govan, once a prisoner with Mandela.

15.   His son, Norodom Ranariddh, became co-prime minister in a coalition with the former communist, Hun Sen.

16.   His main opponent, a suave, smooth-talking former communist, Alexander Kwasniewski, maintained far higher support.

17.   In response, Fox surrounded himself in one recent campaign ceremony with former communists and socialists who now back his candidacy and pledged never to privatize Pemex.

18.   In September, after intense diplomatic maneuvering, a Polish government composed of former communists finally pardoned Kuklinski.

19.   It also has the active support of the former communist who rules Tatarstan, the semiautonomous republic centered around the city of Kazan on the Volga River.

20.   It also has the active support of the former communist who rules Tatarstan, the semiautonomous republic centered around this urbane city on the Volga River.