Word: curfew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disintegration of the state has been halted, and an end has been put to anarchy." The government eased its ban on travel within Poland, restored telephone service in some provinces and quietly removed the armored personnel carriers from Warsaw's Victory Square. It also reduced the length of the curfew in the capital and in some other cities, thereby permitting people to attend midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. At the holiday meal, the extra place at the dinner table that is traditionally set for an unexpected visitor had a special meaning in many homes this year: it marked the absence...
...under arrest?and an entire nation of 36 million was being held virtually incommunicado by its own army. Every private telephone in the country was dead. Gas stations were closed to private cars. Flights were canceled. All travel, even within Poland, was banned. A 10 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was in effect every night...
...checked. Messages about sicknesses and funerals could not be sent. "I will die now," said a woman in Warsaw matter-of-factly. She had been scheduled for brain surgery in the U.S. this week, and now could not leave. At her side, her doctor sadly agreed. Because of the curfew, nurses and doctors could keep their hospitals open 24 hours a day only by taking up residence inside. Said one doctor: "This is worse than the German occupation. At least then we had telephones...
...public gatherings, including demonstrations, strikes, sports and artistic events, are banned. Exception: religious services inside churches. A curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. is imposed...
...curfew was imposed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and Poles were ordered to carry identity papers at all times. House searches were legalized. Movement between cities was restricted, as were such activities as sailing on inland lakes and territorial waters. The government said people suspected of threatening the state would be interned in "isolation centers" around the country...