Word: polished
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...this day two decades ago, Polish patriots took on the world’s largest army and succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, eventually toppling the Communist regime in Warsaw. They achieved this feat not through violent revolution, but through a series of negotiations that became famous as the Round Table talks. The defeat of Communism in Poland—which was soon followed by its total collapse in Eastern Europe and, in 1991, the Soviet Union itself—should properly be regarded as one of the greatest triumphs in European history...
...always been the signature of the band, the latter’s sheer beauty brings frequent comparisons to the Beach Boys in their heyday. And while both voices have always been put to more instrumental use than is typical in pop music, here they have the trappings of true polish.“My Girls,” the album’s most obvious single, builds toward a sugary, handclap-heavy, altogether nonsensical chorus. Like the tracks that follow, it’s stacked high and deep with keyboard loops, distorted vocal samples, and percussion both various and eclectic...
Officials have come under similar pressure in Ireland. Irish workers want construction companies to give precedence to Irish laborers over foreigners. Some 300,000 Polish workers flocked to Ireland's once booming building sector after Poland joined the E.U. in 2004. But the real estate market in Ireland has collapsed over the past year. Thousands of Poles have returned home, but many remain - leading to rising tensions as local and foreign workers compete for fewer jobs...
...show this time? I think he wanted to show that he is working for women, he is at their service, if you like. I like the fact that he didn't try to disguise me or make fun of me in some way, by making me wear black nail polish like the other models. I was wearing my own kind of makeup and my own hairstyle. I just went like myself. It was a charming message in the middle of a very sophisticated collection. (See the top 10 fashion moments...
Handler, Barbie's most fervent advocate, was born in 1916, the 10th child of Polish-Jewish immigrants. Though she married and had a family, she had little interest in staying at home with her children, Barbara and Ken (who resented their mother's naming her dolls after them). "If I had to stay home, I would be the most dreadful, mixed-up, unhappy woman in the world," she once said...