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...staying away from Budapest, Ulbricht also displayed his displeasure toward 1) Kádár for the slight liberalism Hungary is enjoying, 2) Poland for concluding a treaty with West Germany, 3) Polish Party Leader Wladyslaw Gomulka for inviting West German Chancellor Willy Brandt to Warsaw to sign the treaty, and 4) the Russians for sidestepping the issue of diplomatic recognition for East Germany...
Plunkett figures to have the pro scouts hanging all over him throughout the winter. "He could play for the pros right now," says the Dallas Cowboys' Gil Brandt. "He'll undoubtedly be the first guy selected in the draft." Far from resenting the publicity heaped on Plunkett, his teammates regard him as their personal property. "If anyone ever got by me and hurt Jim," says Offensive Tackle Bill Meyers, "I think I'd turn in my uniform." After cinching the Rose Bowl bid, Stanford lost its final two games -a letdown that the players regretted because...
Emotional Barrier. Behind the pact lay 1,000 years of deep mutual hatred between Germans and Poles. With the Treaty of Warsaw, Brandt thus cleared the greatest emotional barrier in the East bloc to his Ostpolitik, whose aim is to create a more relaxed atmosphere between West Germany and its Communist neighbors...
Outdated Villain. Though other Western European countries recognized the Oder-Neisse Line as Poland's western border, West Germany remained a holdout. After Brandt took office 13 months ago, both Bonn and Warsaw agreed that the time had come to settle the border issue. Says the Chancellor, who has been invited to Warsaw for next month's official signing of the treaty: "We are not giving away anything that was not gambled away a long time...
...return, West Germany got, among other things, the first favorable press coverage from the Poles since World War II and official praise for Brandt's policies. The new mood may well cause a major revision in the exploits of Poland's most popular television spy. Poles have long thrilled to the heroics of Captain Klos, Warsaw's answer to James Bond, who consistently traps West German agents. Now Klos will probably have to search for different villains...