Word: poznan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spark that set off the Hungarian explosion blew across from Poland in June 1956, when the workers of industrial Poznan (pop. 372,000) revolted. By October Moscow had been forced to grant the Poles a large measure of independence. The question then arose: How much further could Moscow go in granting freedom to other restless satellites? Evidence before the U.N. committee suggests that there was a difference among Soviet leaders on this point. One group, probably the marshals, was against any further concessions, and eager to crush any rebellion that might take place in Hungary...
...rung up priceless good will by unveiling the wares that symbolize its way of life to 40 million fair visitors in 27 countries. The 3,000 U.S. companies that contributed their goods also signed up millions of dollars in sales. Over the last fortnight, at Poland's Poznan Fair, the first U.S. trade exhibit behind the Iron Curtain pulled in 900,000 Poles, far more than the Russian display (TIME, June 24). Spurred by this dramatic propaganda success, President Eisenhower last week requested $2,200,000 for the U.S. to enter next summer's international fair at Gorky...
...Poznan last week, a Polish farmer -i dug deep into his pocket to pull out a roll of dog-eared but treasured U.S. greenbacks. "If it's dollars you want," he said, "I've got them." Others like him cheerfully proffered their savings in zlotys in a vain effort to buy for themselves some of the items laid out in a mouth-watering display of U.S. consumer goods at the first U.S. exhibit to appear at Communist Poland's annual International Trade Fair. To hold back the crowds, the exhibit had to be closed briefly every...
...think anyone like us could ever have a house like that?" a Polish housewife asked her husband as they stood fn Poznan gazing wistfully at a snug, gadget-filled house typical of middle-income U.S. suburbia. "Not in a thousand years!" came the answer from another gawper near by. "And even if they let you have it, the housing authorities would jam two other families in with...
Under the Dome. It was in the wake of the same fair last year that the riots broke out which started Poland on its path of quasi-independence from Moscow. Present for the first time at Poznan, the U.S. exhibit was by all odds the hit of the show, and dominated the entire fa11" grounds. Except for the model house and some outdoor turntables on which stood a gleaming selection of U.S. cars (with prices posted), it was housed beneath the gossamer translucence of one of Designer Buckminster Fuller's nylon-covered geodesic domes, a silvery half-grapefruit rising...