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Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
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| 1:13p | doubleplus entyzuazm  The statement "2 + 2 = 5", used to torment Winston Smith during his interrogation in Orwell's '1984', was a Communist party slogan from the second five-year plan, which encouraged fulfilment of the five-year plan in four years. The slogan was seen in electric lights on Moscow house-fronts, billboards and elsewhere. |
| 7:19p | Byzantine Brother Какой занятный курьез --  Canadian actor Lorne Greene (1915 - 1987) appears in character as O'Brien in front of a poster which reads 'Big Brother is Watching You' in the episode '1984' (from the book by George Orwell) of the CBS anthology series 'Studio One,' September 21, 1953. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images) |
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