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...worshipers burst into prolonged cheers and applause, many of them raising their hands in victory signs. The pilgrims had come from every corner of Poland to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the "Black Madonna," the Roman Catholic nation's holiest shrine. As the government prepared to clamp down this week on demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the creation of the independent union Solidarity, Glemp seized the occasion to issue one of his strongest statements against the martial-law regime imposed by General Wojciech Jaruzelski eight months...
Beginning March 24, the city will start slapping the clamp-like boot on the cars of serious scofflaws--those with 15 or more outstanding tickets, George Teso, Cambridge director of traffic and parking said yesterday...
...only was it simultaneously colder, windier and snowier across a wider swath than anyone could remember, but the harshness seemed to clamp down and stay. On Wednesday a new round of snowstorms rose in Arizona and New Mexico, moved east into Texas and covered the Waco area with up to a foot of snow. A blizzard struck the Great Plains on Friday and the Great Lakes states on Saturday; Midwestern temperatures once more fell into the -20° to -30° range. Snow fell again on the battered Gulf Coast and the Eastern seaboard off and on during the weekend...
...DECISION Saturday of Poland premier Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski to impose martial law and clamp down on the free trade union Solidarity did not come as a shock. For the last 15 months, the West has heard that Poland teeters on a narrow precipice, despite having managed to resolve crisis after crisis through touch-and-go negotiations. This weekend, the Polish Communist Party finally saw its opportunity--in Jaruzelski's words--to prevent Poland from falling into "the abyss...
...free by disenchanted owners, the ravenous reptiles will upset the ecological balance. Disenchantment with geckos might come easily. They spend the night making chirping, quacking or barking noises, and besides, says Miami Pet Store Owner Mike Yodice: "They bite like crazy. You open a drawer and they'll clamp onto your hand...