Word: polish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John J. Louis Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to Britain, "owes his place in life to the fact that his parents founded a furniture-polish dynasty [Johnson Wax]. His only qualification is that he speaks English...
...16th century, is packed with pilgrims following in Christ's footsteps to Calvary. "We adore thee, O Christ ... Thou hast redeemed the world," the Franciscan monks chant in Lathi as they lead their flocks through the Arab market, through the 14 stations of the Cross. Past the small Polish chapel that marks the spot where Jesus staggered and fell under the burden of his Cross, past the Armenian church that commemorates his encounter with his mother, past the Greek chapel that honors St. Veronica for wiping his forehead with her kerchief, past the Coptic church where...
Meanwhile, Warsaw is slowly reducing the number of less illustrious prisoners held in camps throughout the country. A holiday resort in Jaworze that has served as an internment camp is now taking reservations from prospective vacationers for June. Wladyslaw Loranc, the head of Polish radio and television, told staffers who survived the purge that freed detainees should not be viewed as heroes, but should "return with heads bowed." Walesa himself has pledged not to bow to military authorities. Says Danuta: "He will not bend. I am certain of this because I know him well...
...list of recent events that have surprised reporters-the fall of the Shah in Iran, the upsurge of feeling against Anwar Sadat in Egypt, the suppression in Poland by Polish rather than Soviet troops-the world press can add last week's elections in El Salvador...
...holding the Administration accountable on it own terms, the need for apology emerges as overwhelming. The call for a balanced budget has evolved into the largest deficit in history. The determination to counter Soviet power has eroded into lukewarm sanctions in response to the Polish martial law regime. The insistence on a strong Israel and the carrying out of the Camp David accords has failed to avert flirtations with autocratic Arab regimes and failed to prompt a U.S.-led initiative for negotiations on Palestinian autonomy...