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...rumor made its way around Poland with accelerating speed: to mark National Day, the anniversary of the founding of the Polish People's Republic on July 22, 1944, the military government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski would ease the state of martial law that has been in effect since December. In an address to the Sejm (parliament) that was broadcast over nationwide radio on the eve of the holiday, Jaruzelski appeared to be doing just that. He announced that "most of the internees will be released, including all of the women." The government followed up by promising to free...
...Ministers unspecified "special powers." It did not take long for Poles to see for themselves that little had changed. Before dawn on National Day, security forces destroyed a cross of evergreens and flowers that had been placed in Warsaw's Victory Square to honor Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, the Polish Primate who died last year. It was the fourth time that the authorities had swept away the cross. Later in the day, as special honor guards marched past the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Victory Square, squads of the ZOMO security forces, who have frequently been used to break...
...Woody Allen" it would undoubtedly receive uniformly more positive reviews than it has. Sex Comedy provides at least a half dozen good chuckles and a continuous grin. At the beginning of a new phase. Woody Allen is learning to be both funny and warm. This film lacks polish, but a new trend displays potential...
...most alienated segment of Polish society is the young. Whether headed for factories or universities, they see no prospect for great personal freedom or even for better economic conditions. Says a University of Warsaw professor: "The state of war has created a generation of opposition." Despite government efforts to tighten ideological controls and reinstitute mandatory classes in Marxism-Leninism, Polish youths are adopting styles of rebellion from their Western peers...
...Cincinnati, which ballplayers are almost never able to do. Both were nurtured and nudged by worshiped fathers who competed in organized sports into their 40s. In Bridgehampton, N.Y., between the potato-farming Yastrzemskis and the Skoniecznys on the maternal side, there were enough men and boys to field a Polish-American town baseball team that was something to sneeze at. Carl Sr. was the shortstop, Carl Jr. the second baseman. At 15, young Yaz experienced the unusual delight of joining his father in hitting back-to-back home runs. Now his own son Mike, 20, is a senior at Florida...