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Where once Vladimir I. Lenin stood bronzed
and pointing the way to socialism, an electronic
billboard now stands in Yerevan's Republic
Square, broadcasting capitalism and the
best of Hollywood action movies, and video
clips from the former dictator's nemesis,
the evil west.
When workers were busy putting up the evergreen
State Holiday Tree in late December, other
workers were equally busy constructing the
8 x 6-meter industrial gray monitor. Visitors
to the square who might have thought the
giant screen was there only for the holiday
festivities are now learning that loud music
and MTV images are likely to be a long-time
fixture in the otherwise solemn and stately
square.
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