Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan, said Italian Premier Giovanni Spadolini, "speaks in anecdotes and proverbs, and in this he reminds one a bit of Khrushchev." Reagan might not have relished the comparison...
...Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski, a Soviet-trained army general, had somberly described that reality the day before the congress adjourned. Clad as usual in full military uniform, standing ramrod-straight at the lectern, he read out a grim check list of Poland's woes: increasing consumer shortages, falling production, a crushing foreign debt, renewed strike threats. Alluding to possible unrest, and citing the party's "trust in the army," the general turned politician implied a willingness to suppress future disorders with military force...
...dockers after reaching a compromise agreement with the government that gave the workers some improved benefits but no wage increases. Another threatened walkout by employees of the LOT national airline, who demand the right to name their own director, was suspended following a personal appeal from Premier Jaruzelski...
Next the delegates held up voting on the Central Committee to discuss a long-awaited report on official corruption. Result: ex-Party Boss Edward Gierek and six former associates, including ex-Premier Edward Babiuch, were summarily expelled from the party. More heads rolled in the Central Committee voting, when candidates on the liberal and conservative extremes were rejected, leaving the centrists in control. Among the prominent officials who went down to defeat were Politburo Hard-liners Mieczyslaw Moczar and Tadeusz Grabski; the latter had led an unsuccessful drive to oust Kania last month and was deemed a strong challenger...
Poland's new primate When news of the appointment broke last week, the leader of the Communist Party joined the nation's President and Premier in sending congratulations...