Word: polish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First the terrorists threw a grenade, then they followed it inside, methodically firing their Polish-made machine guns. As the carnage began, a waitress was coming down the stairs, tray in hand. "I thought a bomb had gone off," she said. "There were people, chairs, blood everywhere. Then one of them saw me and began to chase me, shooting. I ran down the hall, him following, until I made it to a window. Somehow, I got out." Calmly, the killers finished their business and departed in a white car. Six were dead, 22 injured...
...that up to 75,000 in 54 communities had taken part in demonstrations. In addition to the four acknowledged deaths, 148 policemen and 63 demonstrators were reported injured. Although the government insisted that the demonstrations enjoyed no wide popular support, the world had been given vivid proof of the Polish people's determination to win back the freedoms that were crushed by the military regime of General Wojciech Jaruzelski. Neither side could claim a clear-cut victory in this round. The confrontations seemed likely to continue and to increase...
...Pontiff had hoped to attend last week's ceremonies, but Polish authorities cited continuing unrest as an excuse for postponing the papal visit at least until next year. John Paul's absence was symbolized by a conspicuously empty seat on the monastery's dais. From his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, meanwhile, the Pope celebrated the Black Madonna's anniversary with a special Mass at which he declared that the Polish "state can be truly strong only with the support of society." But he added that national reconciliation could come only through dialogue, not opposition...
...riot troops and water cannons at such expected gathering points as Warsaw's Castle Square. Tensions rose at week's end, when the state television announced that 108 people had been arrested following riots in the textile center of Lodz. Equally ominous was the news of joint Polish-Soviet army maneuvers near Warsaw...
Maybe all sequels should be made in 3-D. Imagine how tiresome it would be to see Jason, the monster in the hockey mask, polish off another group of dumb teenagers in an ordinary print. But this time, as they gambol through the woods whose mean paths he endlessly stalks, the sundry sharp and blunt instruments that are always ready to his hand come at them and the audience with a certain vivid super-reality. It is all so gruesome that horror turns to humor and the fun comes from the appreciation of being cleverly conned by Director Steve Miner...