Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though Reagan seems to be progress ing nicely, controversy continues over the seriousness of his condition when he entered George Washington University Hospital. Some witnesses paint a grim pic ture: the President was stumbling, gasp ing for air, blood stained his teeth and lips, and most serious, his blood pressure was very low, a sign of impending shock...
...government would declare a state of emergency and possibly call in the army if the general strike took place. As Solidarity Spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz later recounted, the government side threatened a "total confrontation including some bloodshed. This time it looked like it was not a bluff." With that grim threat waving over them, the Solidarity delegates dropped their unyielding stance and began working toward a compromise agreement. They were apparently also prompted by some behind-the-scenes mediation from Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, the Primate of Poland. Midway through the talks came a promising sign: Solidarity extended from...
...need to do is to go back to work and then work some more." That idea is sure to be difficult to sell at a time when appetites have been whetted for more labor benefits, not sacrifices. If little else, however, Poles retain a reserve of good, if somewhat grim, humor. A joke making the rounds last week tells of a Warsaw resident who encounters a neighbor going to Katowice, about 165 miles away, to buy some meat. "Why not buy your meat in Warsaw?" he asks...
Their strong backs and steady nerves produced some of the most dramatic news film ever. Within half an hour of the shooting, the grim sequence was broadcast across the nation, and within two hours was transmitted around the world via satellite relay. As the tape was replayed, run through in slow-motion and held in stop action, viewers became almost numbed by what they saw. In many instances they were informed of breaking events mere seconds after anchormen. The adventure of live transmission was not, however, without its peril. Information was constantly being contradicted by new information. Most regrettably...
...week's end mediation efforts and formal talks were still going on, and hope for some breakthrough continued to flicker. But the outlook was grim. Observed Poland Expert Adam Bromke, a political science professor at Ontario's McMaster University: "The whole thing has the makings of a Greek tragedy. All the actors know they are heading for disaster. But they appear to be under a spell they cannot break...