Word: polished
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...proposition for everyone, not just the three of us. But clearly if we can agree, others can." So far, the excluded countries seem largely reassured. "I don't see any reason for anxiety, as long as their initiatives serve the European Union," says Boguslaw Majewski, spokesman for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other big force tugging on the Franco-German-British triangle is their own jockeying - especially across the English Channel. "The British have been overplaying the significance of this meeting for logical reasons," sniffs the Chirac aide. "They want to be seen as playing a bigger role...
It’s important to note that barreling right into exams would in no way harm students. Most classes here are graded with a curve, and any evaluation depends on other students’ performance; you wouldn’t be able to polish outlines and finish copious note-taking, but neither would anyone else...
Pope John Paul II doesn't get around much anymore, but sometimes the party comes to him. With boom box in tow, three BREAK DANCERS from a Polish cultural organization took turns spinning around on their heads for the Pontiff, and each one elicited a wave of approval. When the show was over, the Pope blessed them, saying, "Artistic talent is a gift from...
After the collapse of communism, Poland, like most other former Soviet bloc countries, took to "imported" fast food - burgers, pizza, kebabs - with a hunger stoked by decades of deprivation. Now celebrity chefs Robert Maklowicz and Maciej Kuron - and food critics like Piotr Bikont - are spearheading a return to traditional Polish cookery...
...armed forces from other nations that are fighting alongside the Americans. George W. Bush and Tony Blair are trying to portray the Iraq conflict as one fought by the international community against evil and tyranny. TIME needs to provide an explanation to the families of Italian, Spanish, British and Polish soldiers who have fought and died in Iraq. Why weren't their lives and sacrifices recognized as noble and noteworthy like those of Americans? MAREK WITKO London...