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What had begun as Poland's year of liberty ended dramatically in violence, bloodshed and repression. The beleaguered government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski, pushed to the wall by Walesa's challenging Solidarity union, confronted with total economic collapse, and pressured by the furious Soviets, struck back in the classic Communist fashion. Its minions came for Walesa at 3 a.m. at his apartment in Gdansk, the gray Baltic seaport whose windswept shipyards had given birth to Solidarity in August 1980. They hustled him aboard a flight to Warsaw and then held him in a government guesthouse south of the city. They...
...Saudis were furious at the set back, but they will continue to pursue their peace initiative. Says P.L.O. Spokes man Mahmoud Labadi: "Prince Fahd and King Hassan were personally hurt, and I doubt if the plan will be brought up at an other summit, but it is not dead...
Reagan is furious that his wife's name has been dragged into the controversy. "Nancy is horrified," said one intimate. "It's a bad dream for her." Some staffers are especially nettled since Allen, unlike Stockman, is not considered central to the making of policy; they believe that, even if Allen is cleared, the incident gives them the chance to jettison him on grounds of bad judgment. Said one top official: "Allen presents an opportunity. David presents a problem...
...invited Stockman to a Thanksgiving dinner at which the menu would include "Trojan horse pâté, Château Hemlock '81, trickle-down consommé and foot-in-mouth filet." After dinner, said Roth, Stockman would be "offered a blindfold and a cigarette." Actually, Roth was furious at Stockman's remarks about supply-side economics, saying, "I'm outraged...
...goal, starter Wade Lau played the first period, while returnees Mark Whiston and Steve Better played the second and third respectively. Whiston was the more spectacular, blanking the Chiefs during his stanza with his quick-flop style, but Better staved off a furious Lowell comeback after allowing two goals early in the period...