Throughout the 1980's the industry has been producing about 670 tons of gold a year, 55 percent of production of the non-Communist world.

Socialist realism had little mainstream impact in the non-Communist world, where it was widely seen as a totalitarian means of imposing state control on artists.

It is a conviction that appears to be shared by science students in most of the non-Communist world.

The more conservative sceptics of reform would have gladly closed the door on the outside, non-communist world.

Helped by a Soviet campaign against the novel, it became a sensation throughout the non-communist world.

He relaxed censorship and reopened Russia's contacts with the non-Communist world.

As Japan's leader, he will hold one of the most important positions of dubious influence in the non-Communist world.

In its poverty and near-isolation from the non-Communist world, it was their ward.

It moves 161 billion pieces of mail a year, almost as much as the whole rest of the non-Communist world.

For all these reasons, Soviet foreign policy was of major importance to the non-communist world and helped determine the tenor of international relations.