Word: sawicki
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation seething with frustration over falling living standards, rampant inflation and endless food shortages. "Everyone is angry, anxious about the future, and this inevitably filters into the party and creates a crisis situation," Jaruzelski told the session. "This is why such fundamental changes have to be made." But Edward Sawicki, a Central Committee member from the official O.P.Z.Z. trade unions, expressed the fears of many in the government when he said legalizing opposition in any enterprises would be like "introducing a Trojan horse" into Polish factories. The committee eventually voted to invite Solidarity back into the fold, but not without...