If there was a prize for droll understatement in public relations‚ the man to beat right now would be New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat who‚ with 23 construction workers being rushed to hospital after a bridge collapsed at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium early yesterday‚ had this to say: “The pictures on TV make it look much worse than it is.” The indefatigable Mr Bhagat might have graduated with flying colours from the school of “It’s not a turd it’s a chocolate éclair” media management‚ but
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THE DREAM THAT FAILED: THE FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE Research Question: What factors contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991? Paper Word Count: 3‚982 The work contained within is my own – unless otherwise cited _________________________________________
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