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Already he and Nancy have been treated to the warm coffeecake and butter cookies of Ruth Lewis, Blair House's chef, who has worked her magic over a decade for Presidents and visiting heads of state. Reagan has sat in the library with the dark red walls where Andrew Jackson took coffee, and he has brushed by the shadowy parlor where Robert E. Lee turned down command of the Union armies in 1861. Abraham Lincoln used to wander across to Blair House during the Civil War, a troubled giant who came for relief from the grim story...
...dimwit, doomed to a life of dependence on alien wheels and, quite likely, celibacy. The nondriver was a rara Avis (though he could not rent one), akin to the kiwi, a bird that cannot fly. In a country that relies so heavily on the auto for its bread and butter and most of its honey, he was seen and often scorned as a kind of self-decreed cripple...
Concern over food supplies kept the labor struggle pulsing. Workers in Piotrkow Trybunalski, southwest of Warsaw, occupied local government offices for four days before authorities agreed to provide more meat and butter. Meat rations were also increased in the eastern town of Chelm, where workers held a one-hour strike to protest short supplies. Solidarity, meanwhile, announced a "massive petition drive" for the release of seven political prisoners. In another move that may have repercussions, Solidarity seemed to spurn a government proposal for alternate Saturdays off. The union has been insisting on every Saturday, as the authorities promised last September...
...worse than usual these days, because of hoarding inspired by Solidarity's strike threats last month. "People are buying three or four times what they need," complained a Warsaw housewife. The shortages, combined with panic buying, last week caused the government to introduce rationing of meat and butter. The endless lines, as always, are a source of a Polish staple-black humor. One recent joke: If the Russians invade, why will they send our economic planners to Siberia...
When the Karasiewiczes were asked what they desired the most, Krzysztof replied: "I hope things will be better; we would like to live in peace, without lines at the stores, and with more free time." Said Maria: "I want butter, and meat -not a fur coat...