Word: polisher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...REAL THING. Aristocrats of style polish their epigrams and tiptoe into one another's penthouse souls in Tom Stoppard's Cowardian comedy. And Actor Jeremy Irons finds an intelligent heart throbbing with domestic passion...
...Brigid's Church in Gdansk last week, carrying a bouquet of red and white carnations, the former Solidarity leader hoped to walk peacefully to the monument of three crosses half a mile away. It was the 14th anniversary of the food riots of 1970, in which dozens of Polish workers were killed by troops and police, and Walesa and some 3,000 followers planned to lay flowers and wreaths at the memorial erected in honor of the martyrs. Linking arms with Bogdan Lis, a former Gdansk Solidarity leader, Walesa strode off, and the crowd fell in behind...
Dressed in a dark tan uniform, Jaruzelski remained cool and confident throughout the nearly three-hour encounter with the press. At times he even displayed a wry sense of humor. President Reagan, the Polish leader said, deserved "a medal of achievement" from COMECON, the Soviet-led trading community, because Reagan's policy of sanctions against Poland had resulted in greater economic cooperation among Moscow's allies. Jaruzelski made it clear that he was not about to bend to pressure from Washington. Said he: "Reckoning that we will pay with concessions for favors is not realistic...
Switching to domestic issues, Jaruzelski maintained that Poland had made "a giant step forward," considering the "catastrophic" situation that the country had faced only three years ago. The Polish Premier once again ruled out talks with the opposition but made no direct mention of Solidarity or former Union Leader Lech Walesa. Still, the general admitted that if he could do everything over again, "tactically, many decisions could have been carried out with greater accuracy." Said Jaruzelski: "There has never been a case where the forces leading a country have engaged in such profound self-criticism...
...pitched voice betrayed a note of emotion when he discussed the Popieluszko case and Western charges that he had been involved in the murder. "No one is more interested than we are that no unclear elements remain in this case. Such doubts do harm to the Polish authorities," he said. The leader declared that the "hideous crime" had been investigated with "energy and firmness" and that the investigation had already "dug deeply into the internal-affairs apparatus and uncovered a rotten cell...