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Jaruzelski, 57, had replaced the ineffectual Jozef Pinkowski three days earlier at a stormy meeting of the Communist Party's 140-member Central Committee. He thus became the only military man to head a Soviet-bloc government. More important, his accession marked the fourth major leadership shake-up since...
"I have always considered myself a Jew. I was born Jewish and will remain so even if that is unacceptable to some." Strange words, coming from the man who is now one of the highest-ranking officials of the Catholic Church in France. Indeed, the Pope's choice for...
But before the telecommunications authority can even be set up, Sakey cautions, there are a variety of preliminary steps -- a municipal construction feasibility study, for example, should be done later this winter to see how many of the necessary poles and conduits the city already has in place.
The government was trying to project at least a façade of moderation. Last week it permitted an unprecedented television debate among three representatives from Solidarity, three from the official unions and three from the Ministry of Labor and Wages. For 45 minutes, the panel discussed Solidarity's...
According to Western observers, there are two apparent reasons for the Soviets' self-imposed isolation. First, to keep impressionable young recruits from fraternizing with the Poles, who were deemed liable to infect their visitors with "subversive" ideas even before the current outbreak of labor unrest. Second, to protect the...