They praise political relations that have "passed the centuries-long test of history," which sounds, bizarrely, as though these old Communists claim the blessing of the czars.

The highly nationalistic Communists can claim that Taiwan has not broken away and that the dream of reunification remains intact.

The Communists claimed that the Hukbalahap was Communist-led and initiated.

In the 1960s due to anti-Communist and anti-Confucian legislation many Communists and Chinese claimed to be Christians.

Communists claimed that Zervas then struck a deal with the German Army and agreed not to attack each other.

It was understood that the Communists could claim a share of the ministerial portfolios if they so desired.

Will it be the Sandinistas, the way that Polish Communists currently claim to defend the masses against Solidarity?

According to Vietnam's official account of the Dong Xoai campaign, the Communists claimed to have put 4,459 enemy soldiers (including 73 Americans) out of action.

Then the Communists canceled the vote, withdrew all but their most meaningless demands (a legislative newspaper, a weekly television talk show) and claimed that the Russian people had won.

The Communists are also, presumably, claiming to be better Buddhists than the Dalai Lama.