Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emergence of Pilsudski and the revival of Polish Independence Day seem to reflect a desire by the beleaguered government of Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski to seek more popular backing by displaying an independence, if only symbolic, from the Soviet Union. The government did not even object last week when the Solidarity trade union named a shipyard in Gdansk after Pilsudski. The irony was palpable: Solidarity had been founded in another shipyard not far away, one that was named for Vladimir Lenin, the father of the Soviet state and a bitter enemy of Jozef Pilsudski...
...peal." Khan turned on his heel and strutted indignantly to face the referee who had made that outrageous let call. Khan scowled, his eyes ablaze. Such a flagrant violation merited a point, not just a let, and the world's premier squash player wanted a reconsideration...
...toughest challenges to his leadership of Solidarity, Poland's independent trade union federation. The occasion: a meeting of Solidarity's 107-member national commission. The task: to react to Walesa's announcement that he would join in an unprecedented tripartite summit meeting with Poland's Premier, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, and Roman Catholic Primate, Archbishop Jozef Glemp. The meeting would consider the country's explosive political and economic plight...
When radicals introduced a motion calling for broader union representation at future negotiations with the government, Walesa jumped up, waved his arms and shouted angrily: "All right, let's vote that we don't want talks with the Primate and the Premier." Tears rolled down his cheeks as he yelled: "But then you go and explain your vote to the nation...
...afternoon's premier event--a contest which remained scoreless through four quarters--saw Winthrop squeak past Currier 8-6 in overtime when quarterback Charlie Slack completed a two-point conversion on his one-yard keeper into the endzone...