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...Poles tried to turn that threat into a reality. Citizens who had chafed, sullenly and silently, under military rule for five months took to the streets in a nationwide affirmation of their disapproval of Jaruzelski's regime. Chanting "Down with the junta!" they waved white-and-red Polish flags and brandished the symbol of the banned Solidarity labor union...
...Polish trip would create its own problems. During his moving and momentous Polish tour of 1979, the Pope indicated that he wanted to return in August 1982 for the sixth centennial of the icon of the Black Madonna, the center of the nation's major shrine. Last week, on the very day that martial-law authorities were breaking up demonstrations in a dozen or more Polish cities, the Pope told pilgrims in the Vatican gardens: "I am morally obliged to be together with my countrymen for this great anniversary...I hold this to be a duty of mine...
...parts. To lots of those who read William Styron's haunting, often wildly funny Sophie's Choice, there was but one actress for the title role in the film version: Meryl Streep, 33. To the delight of armchair casting directors everywhere, Streep is indeed playing Sophie, the Polish-Catholic Auschwitz survivor, resettled in postwar Brooklyn. Nathan, her neurotic, libidinous lover, is played by Kevin Kline, 34, the pirate king in the upcoming film The Pirates of Penzance. Kline is another nice bit of casting since, when she was reading the book, he was Streep's choice...
...rainy late afternoon, and two blacks are tidying up the St. Georges Park Tea Room, a modest luncheonette. The elder and brighter, Sam (Zakes Mokae), putters about while Willie (Danny Glover), a simpler soul, mops the floor. The two interrupt their labors from time to time to polish up fox-trot and waltz steps for a much anticipated dance contest...
...fishing gear (fish too, sold separately), the Crosby family Bible and most of his trophies and awards, from a plastic "The World's Best Dad" loving cup from Son Nathaniel to his platinum record for Silent Night. Says Kathryn: "This will allow some other people the opportunity to polish them...