Word: spokeswoman
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...With her husband, photographer Tomasz Tomaszewski, she chronicled the darkest days of martial law, smuggling her diaries (written under a pseudonym) and photos of tanks in the streets out of the country to a world hungry for news of Poland's awakening dissent. Later, in 1989, she was appointed spokeswoman for the government of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Poland's first democratically elected Prime Minister. Niezabitowska's charisma and no-nonsense demeanor stood in marked contrast to the colorless apparatchiks who had given up power just a few months before. It was no fluke that Niezabitowska became the face of Poland...
...communists and ex-dissidents. The rightist Law and Justice Party is pressing for a "complete lustration" of all state and city officials, professors, company directors and even editors. Many observers, even sympathetic ones, say Niezabitowska's biggest mistake was not bringing this incident up when she was appointed government spokeswoman in 1989. "She was treated as an asset, and yet she was vulnerable," says the Freedom Union's Litynski. But he thinks her case is typical: "She may have said some things; she may have said too much. She was frightened. But I don't think she can be described...
...rising trend of women enrolled in undergraduate institutions speaks to a lot of hard work on behalf of civil rights, women’s groups, and women themselves,” said Jean-Marie Navetta, spokeswoman for the American Association of University Women. “Title IX opened a lot of doors and certain fields are more accepting...
According to RIAA spokeswoman Jenni R. Engebretsen, the RIAA’s records showed that lawsuits have been filed against only two Harvard students—both of whom committed the alleged copyright violations on computers in the Longwood Medical area...
Summers’ spokeswoman Lucie McNeil wrote in an e-mail yesterday that “Harvard may own shares that are listed on a U.S. exchange, a foreign exchange, or a combination of the two.” She did not offer further details...