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By Thursday, the anniversary day that Solidarity had set for a national protest, Warsaw was generally calm, but military forces were again seen everywhere. Helmeted police using shields and batons dispersed crowds that gathered in Warsaw's Old Town and on the steps of the Church of the Holy Cross...
In the first days after the military takeover, Poles were surprised to find grocery shelves stocked with certain items, such as smoked fish and tomato juice, that had scarcely been seen for six months. "Where has it all been?" asked a woman shopper in Warsaw. A clue to that mystery...
A plea for calm was issued by the government in Walesa's name, but few Poles seemed to believe that he had authorized it. Informal cells of worried activists were forming in the capital. One such group was operating out of a bakery in downtown Warsaw. If any of the...
There was no way of estimating how much further the government planned to carry its crackdown. Late in the week some foreigners were allowed to fly out of the country, and there was at least one vague sign that Poles themselves might some day be permitted to leave: the government...
The hopeful view was that the military might yet manage to restore order without heavy bloodshed and then, after a period of easing tensions, try to reach a new understanding between the government and Solidarity. The church, a powerful and respected force in a nation that is more than 90...