Word: lech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inflated the figures by 10% to 15%. They claimed, for example, that at one polling station in the industrial city of Nowa Huta the turnout was a mere 10%. One Pole who was a definite no-show at his polling place was Solidarity's former elected leader, Lech Walesa. The mustachioed electrician who caught the world's attention during Poland's short-lived era of renewal went to morning Mass in Gdansk and then headed off to a favorite fishing hole. Walesa had told Poles that he would suspend his political activities unless they heeded the boycott...
Harvard officials said that the Dershowitz request is not the first time such an issue has arisen Last year, the University declined an honorary degree to Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, who was invited to deliver the Commencement address but could not make it to Cambridge...
...Party leader and the police chief of Gdansk looked down from the tribunal in stunned disbelief, the cocky interloper flashed a V-for-victory sign. A visiting Soviet party leader failed to recognize him and returned his salute with a cheery wave. Shouted an astonished onlooker: "It's Lech! Walesa is here!" Indeed...
...White House meetings, the hard-liners spoke of draconian measures. I kept telling the President to remember Hungary. Vice President Bush and Weinberger and their supporters urged tough talk to the Russians in private and to the world. It was suggested that the President publicly demand the release of Lech Walesa, the leader...
Last year, the Mexican author Carlos Puentes was named Commencement speaker on May 19, a mere three weeks before the ceremonies, after a much-publicized offer to Polish union leader Lech Walesa fell through (See story below...