Word: freed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...full of enthusiasm." The priest, Henryk Jankowski of Gdansk, was allowed to meet with Walesa to arrange the baptism of his seventh child, Maria Victoria, born on Jan. 27. Walesa, who is reportedly being held in a government guest house near Warsaw, said that he expected to be freed in time for the March 7 christening ceremony. He also gave the priest a brief note saying that all previous appeals attributed to him had been "provocatively fabricated." Wrote Walesa: "My concept of struggle is different, and I will explain it after coming out." Despite his dreams of a prompt release...
...Frankfurt, where she was visiting her daughter Cheryl, 24, an Air Force second lieutenant. Then he called his boss, Admiral William J. Crowe, commander of NATO'S Southern Region. Speaking by telephone to U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Rabb in Rome, Dozier recounted the final seconds before he was freed. Said he: "At the moment I was rescued, a gun was pointed at me and I didn't know whether that was my last moment. You must realize my feeling of relief when I was taken in hand by Italian authorities...
...corruption, his proposal to curb luxury imports, and his studiously private family life. "Some of the militants think he is redeemable and that they can establish a dialogue with him," says Ibrahim. Explains Mohammed Heikal, the influential former editor of the daily al Ahram, who was among those Mubarak freed: "No self-respecting Egyptian can deny Mubarak his support when he says, 'Let us turn a new page,' and when he tells all forces that he is ready to accept their participation and hear their views...
...theories, have rewarded similar efforts with a larger share of the couple's property or more alimony. In most cases, however, the courts have reimbursed the wife only for what she contributed to help her husband get his degree. That is inadequate, insists New York Attorney Doris Jonas Freed, an expert on matrimonial law. Says she: "It is unfair to limit the compensation to just what the wife has spent without considering the enhancement of the husband's earning power." The California court took that extra step, and if the ruling withstands appeal, that state's precedent...
...after the far-reaching agreement that settled the U.S. Government's seven-year-old antitrust suit against the company, AT&T officials are still trying to absorb all the implications. After 48 years as the world's largest corporate monopoly, Ma Bell faces the prospect of being freed from federal regulation to compete, like any other company, in whatever businesses it chooses to enter. The consequences for consumers and businesses alike are certain to be historic. Says Ralph Acampora, an investment analyst for the New York City brokerage firm of Kidder Peabody & Co.: "It is Gulliver...