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...real incomes by as much as 40% this year; thus there is particular resentment at the debt incurred during the communist years. These nations want more forgiveness from the West. "At this stage of such radical change, the West could be crucial in determining the future course here," says Polish Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz...
East Europeans also want assurances that they are not to be poor relations forever. Old political divisions could be replaced by economic ones, warned Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki at last week's Paris summit of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), "unless the split into a rich and a poor Europe, an A-class and a B-class Europe, is overcome." The leaders of the 34 states at the conference concluded by signing the Charter of Paris, a treaty marking the end of the cold war and the beginning of a new Europe committed to "prosperity...
...Soviet Union and hoping that its citizens remain tightly shackled. Should the Soviets do what the West has been urging for decades -- allow its citizens to travel abroad freely -- Poles fear a stampede westward into Poland. And if things get bad enough in the Soviet Union, which some Polish officials consider likely, many Soviets will come regardless of any change in regulations. "There is no way we can police the whole eastern border," says an official. "It is just too porous...
RUBAIYAT, ELEKTRA'S 40th ANNIVERSARY (Elektra). If a company has to give itself an anniversary toast, this is an intrepid -- and often amusing -- way to do it. Thirty-eight current Elektra artists (from Tracy Chapman to Metallica) polish up some tunes from Elektra's past and take them out for a Sunday drive. Surprise is constant on this 2-CD set, satisfaction frequent, and transcendence (as on Jackson Browne's version of First Girl I Loved) available on request...
...combined support for the other four presidential campaigners had also risen -- from 5% to 14% in less than a month -- and polls showed that nearly one-third of the electorate was undecided. "It is very difficult to predict the outcome," says Professor Adam Bromke of the Polish Academy of Sciences. "All that seems certain is that no candidate will get the 50% required for a first-round victory...