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DIED. CZESLAW MILOSZ, 93, Polish poet and essayist whose politically charged writing in the shadow of communism earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980; in Krakow, Poland. Born in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, he spent World War II writing for the anti-Nazi underground in Warsaw. Later, after a stint as a diplomat, he broke from the Polish government and wrote about the plight of intellectuals under communism in his 1953 essay collection, The Captive Mind. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1960, he taught Slavic literature at Berkeley for more than 20 years...
...sister Silwia. He's joined tennis' Williams sisters as a face of the McDonald's Go Active! fitness campaign. "I'm promoting walking," Korzeniowski says, "not their food." But his main post-Athens goal is modest. His career has allowed him just two months a year at home in Krakow. "I dream about weekends at home," he says, especially since he and his wife will welcome a new daughter, to be named Rozalia, next month. (Their first, Angelica, is 12.) "I want to be with my family, play checkers and Monopoly, see my friends - an ordinary life," he says. After...
...EXTRAS For decades, visitors to Krakow's main city square have admired the historic buildings, browsed the souvenir stands and sipped coffee at the many outdoor cafes. This year, for the first time, they get to browse online for free--thanks to a nationwide effort to bring wi-fi to Poland...
...Krakow POLAND...
...protect your Pradas." But not all the attractions have five-star ratings. Flea markets happily coexist with big-name boutiques in the shop listings, and the reviews of the usual destinations?Paris, Rome, Madrid?are joined by shorter takes on more unusual ones like Malm? ("an unpretentious haven") and Krakow ("filled with joie de vivre...