>>>>>>>I remember a remark by Joseph Stalin, �If a family dies it is a catastrophe. If a million die it is a statistic�! Papa Joe was an expert at creating �statistics�!
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>>>>>>I always thought that Stalin was typically referred as "Uncle Joe" :)
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>>>>>An aphorism from our past:
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>>>>>"The best means of pacifying the people is tea. Black. Georgian (Grusian)"
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>>>>Hmm, don't think it will work. Georgian tea usually was referred in Russia as "besom" (imagine yourself, trying to drink tea made of your broom :)
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>>>The emphasis was on Georgian... meaning the certain guy with friendly mustache. He really did pacify a lot of people.
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>>However, he did not like considering himself as Georgian. He was another Russian Emperor.
>>:)
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>The great Russian family of Dzhugashvili :).

Tsssss! 50 years ago such phrases would lead you straight to GULAG... :)