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Kwasniewski did. He and his supporters ran a media-savvy campaign modeled on U.S. politics, complete with sound-bite-size speech lines and punchy TV spots. Kwasniewski responded to Walesa's rough arrogance with gentle gibes. "I appreciate Mr. Walesa's achievements," he remarked. "But he reminds me of an athlete who keeps harking back to the fact that he once won a gold medal." The challenger's strategy worked. "Symbolically, Kwasniewski represented modernity and change," says Wiktor Osiatynski, a Polish historian. "It is a corrupted modernity with a communist past on its back, but it's still modernity...
Being home this weekend also welcomed back Harvard's long-lost friend--the power play. After a rough outing on Friday night against Yale (1 for 10), the Harvard power play resurged for two goals on Saturday against Princeton. Even when it didn't score, the puck movemen' and scoring chances were picture perfect...
...looked out for each other and helped when there was trouble, which there often was. Maybe you just can't get it if you don't have those kinds of roots. All I know is that in America we're not supposed to do some of the really rough things some people are proposing...
...used as a rough indicator, but letters of recommendation are also considered," Engell said...
Responding to a rough letter from Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich, President Clinton wrote Tuesday: "There will be no peace without America's engagement. If we turn our backs on this responsibility the damage to America's ability to lead, not just in NATO but in pursuit around the world of our interests in peace and prosperity, would be profound." He added: "If the negotiations fail and the war resumes, as it in all probability would, there is a very real risk that it could spread beyond Bosnia, and involve Europe's new democracies as well as our NATO allies...