Word: karol
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, Gorbachev again and again surmounted the mixed popular feelings with his friendly spontaneity and sheer star quality. He reminded many Poles of another crowd-pleasing occasional visitor, Pope John Paul II, except that the former Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Cracow did not need to have his remarks translated into Polish. At many stops, copies of Gorbachev's book Restructuring and New Thinking were thrust into his face by fans seeking autographs. Gorbachev usually complied, though when a young fan at a wreath- laying ceremony in Warsaw passed his green neckerchief for a signature, the Soviet leader demurred...
During the 14 years he was Archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyla was able to get only one major church built. The vast new edifice in the model socialist town of Nowa Huta was reluctantly allowed by a government that witlessly believed a deterioration of faith would follow a deterioration of facilities. After he became Pope in 1978, John Paul II did not forget the frustration. Preparing for his first trip back to Poland, in 1979, the Pontiff took advantage of his countrymen's continued fervor in opposition to Communism's ongoing freeze. In negotiating with a beleaguered regime that...
...committee, which includes Management Trainer Karol Rose and Account Manager Joan Dauria, agreed that a day-care facility at Time Inc.'s Rockefeller Center headquarters was impossible. "Commuting in New York is difficult at best, but especially when you have an infant or young child," explains Rose, co-author of the book The Employer's Guide to Child Care (Praeger). "And we have people who work unusual schedules, including weekends and nights." Adds Dauria: "We needed to be more flexible, letting parents make their own choice." The trio looked for a firm that would provide information for parental decision making...
...Paul's first important acknowledgment of the evangelical movement. Some conservative Protestants who are hostile to Roman Catholicism urged Graham to stay away; indeed, the president of Graham's denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, is bypassing the event. But Graham may feel an obligation toward the Pope, who, as Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, permitted the evangelist to speak in a major Cracow church in 1978. Graham faces a tight schedule: a week after the ecumenical encounter, he will pay his first visit to China...
...governor's budgets are generally fair, said Karol, but the state has limited resources and the governor must realize that. "Unlike the federal budget, our budgets have to be balanced," he said...