We wanted democracy from these old Communists, but what did we get?

Outsiders may look at it as the old Communists, under a new guise, coming back into government, but it's really very different.

The people ignored the violence, and even a group of men who described themselves as "old Communists," said it was time for change.

When there were no more class enemies either, Stalin turned upon his own comrades, all old Communists.

Most important, gone are the days when old Communists could easily throw sticks in the wheels of reform.

Many old Communists are ready and eager to put on their other face, never really hidden.

Yeltsin was in the fight of his life against the old Communists and other reactionaries.

Yeltsin got hit hard by the old Communists, who said he had caved in to me on the important issues.

These are not grizzled old Communists hoping for a return to the glory days of socialism.

"I wonder what the old Communists think when they see this new chrome," an American banker said.