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The subject [of Stalin's death] permitted a rare blend of invective and speculation—both Hearst papers, as I recall, ran cartoons of Stalin being rebuffed at the gates of Heaven, where Hearst had no correspondents—and I have seldom enjoyed a week of newspaper reading more.

— A. J. Liebling Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer (2004)

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