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Article: Without Right and Left.
- Article from:
- The Middle East
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 IC Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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NAZARBAEV'S reputation grows and grows. Unlike most of the first secretaries of the various republican Communist parties, he has succeeded in making the difficult transition from Communist boss into the first "semi"-elected president of indepenent Kazakhstan. Presumably, publication of this book is intended to further improve Nazarbaev's international standing.
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