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...Every death is painful, but this one is especially brutal. It will not be forgotten." As the telegram from Lech Walesa, founder of the outlawed independent trade union Solidarity, was read, a hush fell over the mourners who had gathered in Warsaw's St. Stanislaw Kostka Roman Catholic Church last week. Then they burst into applause. The funeral was for Grzegorz Przemyk, 19, a high school senior who died of injuries received from a severe beating by Polish militiamen. His death quickly became a rallying cause for Poles who hate the regime of General Wojciech Jaruzelski...
After 251 episodes, 104 hours of enriching entertainment, M*A*S*H is preparing to complete the circle in a blaze of hype and hush-hush. In this week's episode (the last to be filmed), the 4077 troop buries a time capsule in anticipation of the war's end. For next week's 2½-hour finale, the company is maintaining a who-shot-J.R.-style secrecy in hope of snagging the highest single-show rating ever. "It's a very simple story," says Alda, who directed and helped write the final show...
...trusted to spend wisely the funds Congress does allot. Outside critics have long accused the military services of misleading, inefficient practices that cause huge cost overruns and long delays in delivery of weapons. Now similar criticisms are coming from within the Pentagon, and Defense officials have been unable to hush them...
...informal meetings of finance ministers from the so-called Group of Five-the U.S., Britain, West Germany, France and Japan-have generally been hush-hush affairs. Rarely is the site or even the date of the gatherings revealed. But growing concern about the stability of global finance cast an unusual spotlight on last week's summit at a remote Tudor-style castle in Kronberg, West Germany...
...hush fell over the group as all eyes turned to Ronald Reagan. But the President said nothing, and his face betrayed no expression. After a moment or two, the silence became awkward. Officials rushed to break it by questioning Stockman about this obscure number or that...