Word: kowalska
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When something is available," says Jadwiga Kowalska, 46, a high school teacher from Poznan, "you rush to buy as much as you can because who knows when you can get it again...
...People are beginning to say, 'This winter we're going to starve.' " In a society where the trade-off for the lack of individual freedom was to have been a steadily improving standard of living, the potential for a political explosion is always present. Explains Teacher Kowalska "The mood in the country is worse than it was ten years ago, when Gierek came to power. There are greater shortages and higher prices. The system seems to hav collapsed. We have made the sacrifice! But for what...
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