Word: shipyards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million to renovate a foundry at the soon to be closed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, which lies in the Congressman's district...
GDANSK, Poland: Lech Walesa returned to his old job today as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. Poland's former president has been on unpaid leave since he left the birthplace of the movement that eventually toppled communist rule in 1989 to become Solidarity's national chairman. Walesa claims he needs to return to work because presidents are not provided with pensions under current Polish law. "I'm without money for living, and it's necessary for me to work," he said after arriving at the shipyard in a state-owned chauffeur-driven Mercedes, a perk he is entitled...
GDANSK, Poland: Lech Walesa returned to his old job today as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. Poland's former president has been on unpaid leave since he left the birthplace of the movement that eventually toppled communist rule in 1989 to become Solidarity's national chairman. Walesa claims he needs to return to work because presidents are not provided with pensions under current Polish law. "I'm without money for living, and it's necessary for me to work," he said after arriving at the shipyard in a state-owned chauffeur-driven Mercedes, a perk he is entitled...
Despite the fact that he signed a seven-figure deal once (for a Warner Bros. movie on his life), Lech Walesa is going back to the shipyard. The former Polish President has moved to Gdansk, and intends to return to his old place of employment. If he's really lucky, he may earn almost as much as his state-supplied bodyguard...
...special panel charged with recommending to the President and Congress which military bases should be closed announced its final painful round of cuts. Hardest hit state: California, which stands to lose McClellan Air Force Base and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, among other facilities...