"The hard-line Communists will be able to live with him," the official said.

Even hard-line Communists describe him as a tough, experienced bureaucrat who won't sell out Russian interests.

The deal, which also calls for a referendum on a new Constitution, stirred anger among hard-line Communists.

Today, the same hard-line Communists were beating a sheepish retreat.

In the afternoon about 1,000 protesters, led by hard-line Communists, tried to march to the city center.

It is the young, not the hard-line Communists, who are determined to create a prosperous, democratic China.

The 39 votes cast against the Government came from a splinter group of hard-line Communists dead set against any changes in the pension system.

Serbia, easily the largest of the six Yugoslav republics, is dominated by hard-line Communists.

Many party officials believe that hard-line Communists are likely to put aside differences among themselves.