Word: polese
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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A. Europe is not anti-U.S. On the contrary. You could say that America is the largest European country and the only real one, because it is home to Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Italians -- all of Europe. It is in Europe's interest to see America not going too far...
The unprecedented giveaway plan, which must be approved by parliament, calls for majority shares in 400 state-owned businesses -- accounting for one-fourth of production -- to be turned over to between five and 20 newly created private stock funds co-owned by Poles. Western investment houses would run the funds...
In sermons based on the Ten Commandments, John Paul denounced excessive materialism, divorce, contraception and the separation of church and state, imploring Poles not to stray from the Catholic values that had helped deliver ) them from communism. He saved his most stinging comments for abortion, which has been legal since...
"The united states of Europe must therefore be open. It must not exclude the Poles, Czechs, Slovaks or any other Europeans who want to join this federation," he said.
Hiding becomes a tangle of lies -- their own and those of the Poles who, as long as the two have money, pretend to believe them. As life in Warsaw disintegrates, Maciek and his aunt live for months with peasants, then are on the run again. Always, food must be scavenged...