Even to those who had been confident of the eventual triumph of the West, the fall of the Berlin Wall was surprisingly accidental.

甚至那些曾经对最终胜利信心十足的西方人，对柏林墙的倒塌也倍感意外。

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He clearly has no desire to see the crowning triumph of his campaign to woo the West perhaps as close as an atheist practitioner of Leninist doctrine can come to canonization become a public relations rout for its coming in the midst of a new campaign of Kremlin repression bearing his imprint.

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He clearly has no desire to see the crowning triumph of his campaign to woo the West -- perhaps as close as an atheist practitioner of Leninist doctrine can come to canonization -- become a public relations rout for its coming in the midst of a new campaign of Kremlin repression bearing his imprint.

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IR I am bothered by your assessment that the West's triumph might not endure in light of the astonishing ascent of Japan and its neighbours.

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