Word: polese
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The Poles fear that the Reagan administration will play the "Polish card," Jacek Kabalinski, president of the 5000-member Warsaw Journalists Association, added in an interview given after he spoke at an off-the-record seminar at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA).
Moreover, the shopper who hands his 2-in. by 3-in. ration coupon to a clerk is never sure whether even that meager allotment will be available. Many Poles never got their full share of meat last month. In spite of rationing, supplies of detergent and cigarettes have also fallen...
With the state-run supply system on the verge of collapse, most Poles must turn to alternate sources for food and other scarce items. Those with friends or relatives abroad may get some of what they need via parcel post. Others resort to barter: a mechanic might trade two quarts...
By dint of sacrifice and subterfuge, the Poles scrape by somehow, and no one is starving. Families save their coupons for ham or pork on Sunday or buy on the black market. Says Stanislaw Szczepanski, Vice Minister of Agriculture: "To Poles, a meal is not a meal without a piece...
But the Poles are becoming increasingly angered by the unending struggle for food that dominates their lives. Snapped one middle-aged woman waiting outside a Warsaw fish market last week: "I am sick of talking about these lines. That is all people do. When is somebody going to do something...