Word: freer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rigid top-to-bottom structure. Anhui province may succeed in upgrading electrical equipment factories but nothing guarantees that those new techniques will spread. In fact, in the atmosphere of 'to each according to his work," there may be new resistance to the sharing of ideas for, as in freer economies, to the victor will belong the spoils...
...rigid top-to-bottom structure. Anhui province may succeed in upgrading electrical equipment factories but nothing guarantees that those new techniques will spread. In fact, in the atmosphere of 'to each according to his work," there may be new resistance to the sharing of ideas for, as in freer economies, to the victor will belong the spoils...
...rigid top-to-bottom structure. Anhui province may succeed in upgrading electrical equipment factories but nothing guarantees that those new techniques will spread. In fact, in the atmosphere of 'to each according to his work," there may be new resistance to the sharing of ideas for, as in freer economies, to the victor will belong the spoils...
Gomulka flirted briefly with liberalization after he was named party boss in 1956, but then clamped a repressive lid on the country. Initially Gierek delivered on many of his own early promises, allowing Poles freer access to Western cultural influences and more opportunity to travel abroad. "For the first few years, the quality of life improved markedly in Poland," recalls one Western diplomat who served in Warsaw. "He enjoyed a measure of support that transcended anything during the Gomulka years." But by the mid-1970s, things began finance sour under Gierek too, as the country went heavily into debt...
...slowly improving standard of living has had an impact too. Many couples who once made love under the covers in an apartment crowded with relatives now have their own apartments and are more relaxed about sex. Says one such wife: "Now I feel freer to tell my husband what gives me pleasure and what doesn...