Word: polish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the moment Kennedy announced his candidacy, he was set against a pack of local office holders and activists. They could hardly attain the polish of a campaign that tapped the best political talent in the country and much of its media, and which could afford not to cut corners. While Bachrach spent about $500,000 from January to September, the Kennedy campaign laid out more than $1 million...
...relations with the West. The regime's apparent hope is a lifting of U.S. economic sanctions and the securing of urgently needed loans and credits to shore up the sagging economy. In addition, the government's action appeared to represent a victory for Jaruzelski over hard-liners within the Polish Communist Party...
...drill team in Moldavian mufti, all spit and polish in braids and boots, the company has raised folk dancing to a highly regimented, breathtakingly athletic art form. Drawing inspiration from the more than 100 different ethnic groups in the Soviet Union, but predominantly Russian in personnel and outlook, the company remains the personal expression of its founder, Choreographer Igor Moiseyev...
Suddenly the pious atmosphere was shattered. Two young men who had been loitering outside, posing as tourists, pulled out Polish-made submachine guns and shot the custodian at the gate. Shouting in Arabic, they burst into the sanctuary, dropped an iron bar across the door to block it and, standing ten yards apart, began strafing the congregation. Shopkeepers nearby, just opening their stores or stalls for business, listened in horror to the rattle of gunfire and the screams of the dying. "I heard gunshots," said one bystander. "Then I saw a young man with injured feet come out yelling...
...Touch and Go and Extreme Prejudice, a Christmas release in which she has her first dramatic role, as a Mexican singer. Alonso, 29, does not worry about being stereotyped as a fiery Latina. With predictable confidence she says, "I can play the roles Meryl Streep plays." Wonder how her Polish and Danish accents are coming along...