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...week had begun with some other troubling news. Two former Cabinet members under investigation for corruption-ex-Foreign Trade Minister Jerzy Olszewski, 60, and ex-Construction Minister Edward Barszcz, 53-committed suicide. Meanwhile, there were signs of a possible new wave of unrest as thousands of students marched to demand the release of political prisoners. Yet all other cares seemed to pale before the loss of the prelate whom one weeping woman described as "our strength through all these years-he was our shepherd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Crusader for Faith and Freedom | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

...games, was meeting an old enemy: seventh-ranked University of Southern California (U.S.C.), owner of a bone-rattling defense that had yielded only 19 points in five games. California, a six-point favorite, had the three top-ranked running backs of the Pacific Coast, including All-America Candidate Johnny Olszewski; U.S.C., a conservative single-wing team, had a middleweight (5 ft. 9 in., 164 Ibs.) tailback named Jimmy Sears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jimmy-on-the-Spot | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

During a rough & tumble first half in Berkeley, Calif., the University of Southern California laid for California's star fullback Johnny Olszewski (pronounced O'Shevsky), sent him to the sidelines with a wrenched knee. After an even rougher game between Marquette and Tulsa, Marquette Coach Lisle Blackbourn complained that Tulsa players were guilty of "flagrantly illegal tactics." Tulsa Coach Buddy Brothers denied the charges, called them "unfair, unsportsmanlike, and onesided." The name-calling finally stopped when the two schools found one answer to the question of dirty football: they canceled the 1952 game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: It's Just a Game | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

California, which beat Washington State, 42-35. Coach Lynn ("Pappy") Waldorf has put the West Coast back on the football map. The Golden Bears' 125-man squad, with no real standouts except Fullback Johnny Olszewski, generates a potent T attack (166 points) and a crushing defense (49 points to opponents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football's Big Six | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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