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...television. As a series of still photographs of Walesa was shown on TV, an announcer intoned, "Do you want to follow this band of revolutionaries, or would you prefer a peaceful national understanding of the kind the government is seeking?" The army newspaper Zolnierz Wolnosci called Walesa "a great liar and provocateur" who headed a group of "madmen" who were striving for "anarchy and chaos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Crackdown on Solidarity | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

...ultimately, the awkward script undermines Purlie's message. Oddly placed one-liners mar serious moments; incongruous scenes paint Purlie a fool or a liar after his most moving and far-reaching sermons. The grand climax exemplifies this confusion. Purlie, finally ensconced in his church, passionately orates the beauties of being Black...before his first integrated audience. The delivery is emotional, the sentiment compelling, except when one tries to reconcile it with Charlie Cotchipee's presence and with the wierd shenanigans that made Purlie's dream come true...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Purlie's Paltry Persuasion | 12/10/1981 | See Source »

...said yesterday that she would not drop the charges against Manning despite the League's attempt to intimidate her by distributing the flier, which describes her as "a public, bald-faced liar." She refused further comment, citing the pending legal action...

Author: By Jonathan Shayne, | Title: Spartacist Trial | 12/5/1981 | See Source »

Cavanagh claims that the photograph proves that Yun was not an innocent bystander, as she described herself, at the time of the protest. "Yun is now on record as a public, bald-faced liar," Cavanagh stated in the leaflet...

Author: By Jonathan Shayne, | Title: SoHo Tutor Claims Assault After Protest | 12/3/1981 | See Source »

...only when a man's letters are published after his death that they have any effect and this effect is usually only on literary critics. Nobody else ever reads a volume of letters and anybody who says he does is a liar.... I am not sure that we should not judge [Thurber] too harshly. Michael W. Miller

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thurber Out of Focus | 12/3/1981 | See Source »

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