Word: comedown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That is a sorry comedown for a leader who always had a reputation for getting things done. As Party Secretary for Upper Silesia, Gierek was noted for being ready to fight central authorities in Warsaw to gain benefits for his workers; under his tenure they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country. Gierek came from a coal-mining family, and his father, grandfather and an uncle all died in mining accidents. In 1923, after his father's death, Gierek's mother took him to France, where at the age of 13 he began Communist...
...comedown when LaRouche starts to answer questions, telling 11-year-old kids he will improve the schools by ridding the ranks of teachers "of SDS graduates who can't teach anything except how to smoke a joint and rock dancing." But before he leaves, someone asks him about how to convince others to jump aboard the LaRouche bandwagon. In a moment of weakness, LaRouches tells of his campaign trail frustrations. "You talk to people, and they say that Milton Friedman would disagree. What you've got to do is remove the influence of Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman is a Nazi...