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...Poland, with Soviet tanks poised across the border, Correspondents Barry Kalb and Erik Amfitheatrof prepared themselves for the rigors of the Polish winter. Kalb, who has been monitoring the Poles' increasingly restive mood for two years, trailed the leaders of Solidarity, the nation's new labor union, as they crisscrossed the country to attend meetings with workers and government officials. He eventually interviewed ten of the 18 members on Solidarity's presidium. "I have become quite fond of the Polish people over the course of this assignment, and have made a number of friends -among them, members...
...Amfitheatrof had just returned to Rome from the earthquake-shattered villages of southern Italy when he was called to help Kalb in Poland. With a Polish visa, prudently obtained back in August, he was able to fly directly to Warsaw and spend part of a day with Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa at church and at Walesa's home outside Gdansk. "The Poles are marvelously brave and calm," observes Amfitheatrof, who along with Kalb witnessed last week's emotional unveiling of the workers' monument in Gdansk. "Whatever the future holds for them has enormous implications for Eastern Europe...
...Stephen Smith. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof and Barry Kalb/Warsaw
Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof/ London and Diane Coutu/ San Diego
Some of those who worked on the story were knowledgeably specific in their selections. "An intact Jaipur vase to replace one cracked en route from the Far East," requests Chicago Orientalia Buff Pat Delaney, who covered the Midwest auction scene. Erik Amfitheatrof, who interviewed directors of Sotheby's and Christie's in London-and who began buying Japanese art while reporting from Tokyo in the 1960s-dreams of finding the Hiroshige print White Rain at Shōno under his Christmas tree. "Alas, my chances are slim," he admits. "It was auctioned at Christie's New York...