51.   Solidarity leader Marian Krzaklewski kicked off his presidential campaign Sunday by challenging the popular incumbent about his communist past.

52.   So far the Taliban have refused to participate in the talks being held in Pakistan, largely because of Dostum, who they revile for his communist past.

53.   The former communist parties have worked to shed the negative image of their communist past and refashion themselves as Western-style social democrats.

54.   The ex-communist party is viewed with suspicion by mainstream western German parties, which say it has not done enough to distance itself from its communist past.

55.   The latest round of spying accusations plunged Poland deeper into a political dispute with roots in its communist past.

56.   The move reflects a weariness among Bulgarians of debate about the Communist past, and their struggle to move beyond the Communist era to build a market economy.

57.   The promise of NATO membership, granted Wednesday, brings Poland one step closer to full European integration and one step farther from the isolation of its communist past.

58.   The trial comes as Poland tries to come to terms with its repressive communist past.

59.   The Taliban has been reluctant to include Dostum in talks because of his communist past.

60.   Though both former Soviet bloc countries, Hungary and Romania are far apart as far as attempts to shed their communist past are concerned.