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...abduction and murder of Popieluszko. The bespectacled prosecutor unleashed an almost theatrical fury upon the confessed leader of the priest's killers, former Secret Police Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski. Said Pietrasinski: "Piotrowski is a cold and ruthless murderer, a rascal who used the confidence of his subordinates for a hideous crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Evading Truth | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...surviving "hideous human angels," as Ginsberg calls them, keep in touch. Orlovsky, a former lover and longtime companion, lives across the hall. The Ginsberg apartment is a popular rest stop for old companions passing through New York: "I like to keep the place clean, and it's hard, because I'm not here for months at a time," he says, explaining a sign on his bedroom door that asks guests to remove their shoes. Since 1974 much of his time has been spent at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colo., a college for Buddhist studies where he teaches poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mainstreaming Allen Ginsberg | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

Peace, real peace with the absence of the hideous nuclear threat. That dream hangs out there beyond the fingertips of this President as it has all the others. It seems sometimes to recede just about the moment a President thinks it is in his grasp. Yes, he said, once the new negotiations begin he will concentrate heavily on arms control. "There will be constant communication about what is being said," Reagan declared. "And decisions will have to be made about what is a fair trade or not. My one principle about the talks is that we will not send negotiators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Alternative Is So Terrible | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

...emotion when he discussed the Popieluszko case and Western charges that he had been involved in the murder. "No one is more interested than we are that no unclear elements remain in this case. Such doubts do harm to the Polish authorities," he said. The leader declared that the "hideous crime" had been investigated with "energy and firmness" and that the investigation had already "dug deeply into the internal-affairs apparatus and uncovered a rotten cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Curtain Up | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...Russell Long, Illinois Congressman Danny Rostenkowski and Oklahoma Congressman James Jones. After the turkey and pumpkin pie, Reagan should take his goblet of Cabernet Sauvignon and ask everyone there to pledge himself to a great legislative crusade to reform the tax system, raise revenue, cut spending and banish those hideous deficits. For that kind of commitment, the American people would surely give thanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Now Comes the Hard Part | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

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