Word: polishes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jerzy Kasprzycki, Polish journalist and television commentator, said the fear that Germany might someday attempt to re-occupy territory lost to Poland after World War II increases Polish resistance on Soviet armed strength. Territorial guarantees from the West, he declared, would ease tension between Poland and Germany, and allow Poland to formulate a more independent foreign policy...
...Bulgaria or buy up to 20 acres of land for his family in Poland. All of them collect hard money in the West for parcels that are delivered in the East. Poland is the leader in this mail-order trade, which is supported mostly by the 6,000,000 Polish-descended Americans and has the double purpose of sucking in hard money and keeping down local pressure for consumer goods. The 40 foreign branches of Poland's Pekao organization let outsiders order for Poland delivery to their relatives and friends. The insiders get scarce luxuries that range from Elizabeth...
...Atom-free zones in Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and possibly Africa. These are all variations of the old Rapacki Plan (named after Adam Rapacki, Polish Foreign Minister), which the West rejected in 1957, since it contained inadequate safeguards to prevent cheating...
From Moscow, the U.S. squad moved on to Warsaw for another dual meet, this time against the weaker Polish team. The U.S. men won easily, 125-83, but the girls lost again, 58-48. Unconcerned, they were blithely telling newsmen their plans for revenge next year, when the Russians come to Los Angeles. Hurdler Rosie Bonds said she would show her rivals Muscle Beach; High Jumper Billee Pat Daniels would take the Russian high jumpers to Disneyland. "That way," said Billee, "we'll walk the legs right off them...
...houses and high-rent tenants in, Rachman hired men to urinate in hallways, smash furniture, and once in Bayswater to remove the roof of a house and abandon the stubborn tenants to the mercy of wind and weather. In the underworld he got the name of "Polish Peter," and West Indians, who knew his power, called him "White Chief Rachman...