Word: polished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Polish Sejm [Parliament], which I call a prostitute, purposely framed the Constitution so that the greatest shame which savage, ignorant brains could devise would be placed on the nation's most popular man. . . . The President of Poland is not permitted even to select his valet or his maid, much less his Ministers. No one would think of treating a servant in the infamous manner in which the Constitution handles the President...
...After I had led the war for giving Poland independence I wanted to leave Poland to her own devices. I asked myself whether I should handle the Polish Parliament as a prostitute, and tramp on it with my feet, or choose the other way of leaving it alone. Had I chosen the former method the unpleasant affair of May 1926 [Pilsudski's coup d'état] would never have occurred...
...dear Ministers were pleased to push all their work on to me. For this reason I learned to hate the office. The only way of escape was by resignation. . . . However, I told the President I should be available for service in critical times. The control of international Polish policies still remains in my hands." The Prime Minister of the new Cabinet, formed last week, is Dr. Kazimir Bartel, previously Vice-Prime Minister. Marshal Pilsudski continues to hold the War Ministry, remains de facto Dictator...
Lastly bold hints by the Prosecution that the French and Polish governments have given aid and comfort to the conspirators have been sternly hushed by the presiding Chief Justice, Professor A. Y. Vyshinsky, Principal of the First State University at Moscow...
Captains Kubala and Idzikowski, Polish aviators who plan a non-stop flight from Paris to New York, desired a talisman of potency and might. They made supplication therefore to the Premier of Poland for permission to paint his name on their plane. Last week, Marshal Pilsudski graciously consented...