Word: polisher
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...with 12th century religious pilgrims to the DON'T ATTACK IRAQ badges of last year's antiwar marchers, the little buttons have long signaled support for, or opposition to, leaders, beliefs and causes. They can also be just for a bit of fun. Along with FREE NELSON MANDELA, SOLIDARNOSC (Polish for Solidarity) and TROOPS OUT, the museum also proudly houses DOWN WITH PANTS and the all-encompassing, albeit nonsensical, GAY WHALES AGAINST RACISM...
...with 12th century religious pilgrims to the DON'T ATTACK IRAQ badges of last year's antiwar marchers, the little buttons have long signaled support for, or opposition to, leaders, beliefs and causes. They can also be just for a bit of fun. Along with FREE NELSON MANDELA, SOLIDARNOSC (Polish for Solidarity) and TROOPS OUT, the museum also proudly houses DOWN WITH PANTS and the all-encompassing, albeit nonsensical, GAY WHALES AGAINST RACISM...
...more personal level of inspiration, Heaney cites Polish expatriot poet Czeslaw Milosz, who recently passed away at the age of 93. “He had a great political as well as artistic feel,” he says...
According to museum data sheets, the painting was brought to America by a Polish prince fleeing in advance of the Nazi invasion. Yet no prior records of this painting exist, said Jordan. He pointed out that, while the Nazis invaded Poland in September 1939, the letter of validation provided by Valentiner is dated June 1939. This means the painting was in America prior to the alleged escape...
Gaskell said he did not necessarily subscribe to the story portrayed about the Polish prince, either. He said that the prince might have left before the Nazi invasion...