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Rapt - Completely fascinated or absorbed.
Slovakia - A country in central Europe. Until 1993 it was part of Czechoslovakia.
Fascism - A political ideology that rose to power in 20th-Century Europe. It stressed militarism and order over personal freedom, and often divided society according to racial hierarchies.
Mussolini - The fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945.
Communist - An economic system entailing collective ownership of all means of production in contrast with capitalism, which holds that industry and businesses are controlled and run for profit by private owners rather than by the government.
Capitol - The building in Washington DC where the US Congress meets. It was named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome.