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However, whatever reasons Serban has for returning again and again to Cambridge--maybe he likes the weather, who knows--we should be thankful for them. Every production he has staged, from a frenetic Sganarelle done with wooden poles and bedsheets to his Wilsonesque The Juniper Tree with its giant, inexplicable...
This new phase has taken place even though there has been no major political improvement in the conditions that caused the sanctions in 1981. Actually, since martial law was declared, life for the Poles has worsened. Nearly 25 percent of the population live below the nation's poverty line. In...
WHEN CARDINAL Karol Woytila was elected pope, Poles expected to have a strong champion beyond their government's reach. John Paul II did initially give strong support to the Solidarnosc movement and the Danzig agreements.
Indeed, the Pope turned down Jaruzelski's offer to restore diplomatic relations with the Vatican and brought up Poland's human rights record. But Jaruzelski pronounced the meeting at least a partial success. Said he: "Two Poles must always understand each other."
Nongovernmental antidrug initiatives are also surfacing. In Poland, a semiprivate, government-funded organization called Monar sponsored a demonstration against drug use that attracted thousands of young Poles across the country last September. In an effort to discourage farmers from selling poppy stalks, Poland's powerful Roman Catholic Church has pasted...