Word: leching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MONROE ENGEL will find a kettle of "Fish;" To Lech Walesd a serious wish: For a Poland free, happy and fearless, And a Wojciech Jaruzelski who's quite soon Premier-less. John Dowling will sing untroubled ditties, Once Mendonca and Herrrmannn clear his life of committees. Joe Restic will travel o'er hill and o'er dale, To finally score some points against Yale. Tis too bad that Hubel won't quite rhyme with Nobel; Still for him, Nico and Wiesel a Swedish Noel...
...rumors circulated, the whereabouts of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa remained unclear. Polish officials originally said Walesa was free and had been flown from Gdansk to Warsaw to negotiate and attempt to prevent a general strike...
...government action against the young fire fighters provoked a heated response from Solidarity locals throughout the country. The movement's leader, Lech Walesa, immediately told his 9.5 million members to get ready for a strike alert. At an emergency meeting of Solidarity's twelve-member presidium in the industrial town of Radom, union leaders accused the authorities of having wrecked all chances of national reconciliation. "By opting for violence," they declared, "the government has jettisoned the possibility of a dialogue with society...
...Jaglielski and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa sign an agreement ending the strikes in Gdansk and recognizing workers' rights to form trade unions independent of the Communist party...
...Carpenter Center this weekend, Center Screen presents the truly remarkable film, Workers '80. Chronicling the crucial negotiations in Gdansk in August 1980, this documentary makes fascinating use of facial expressions counterpoised with the tense bargaining sessions. Watch Lech Walesa outmaneuver slick party bureaucrats. Any brief exploration of the themes does not do justice to the movement or the movie. Just...