The Chinese Communists have not ruled Taiwan for even a single day.

As long as the Communists ruled, Poland for him remained a closed chapter inscribed with experiences both vivid and painful.

Since the Communists last ruled, the Soviet Union has collapsed and its authoritarian, central planning regime replaced with a flawed, but free-market democracy.

After a coup in February 1948, the Communists ruled until last November by suppressing all opposition.

Both are devoted to pointing up the acknowledged fact that the Communists had ruled behind a dense, constantly renewed curtain of historical lies.

Everybody in Europe knew how the Communists ruled, which was without regard to personal liberties and rule of law.

Even Communists cannot rule forever if they rely only on repression and do not have the support of the people.

The Communists have ruled here since December 1947.

Without such help, said Mr. Nixon, "a new despotism" will take hold where the Communists once ruled.

As an academic, he was able to speak out in favor of a market economy even when the Communists ruled in Warsaw.