51.   To the end he maintained a personality cult reminiscent of the postwar Stalinist period.

52.   To the end, he maintained a personality cult reminiscent of the postwar Stalinist period.

53.   Wickremesinghe said international political and financial help will be crucial for rebuilding in the postwar period.

54.   But it also enabled him to hold together a party which, for most of the postwar period, has never been shy of seeking to tear itself apart.