Word: virgilijus
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...republic's parliament had amounted to a referendum on secession from the Soviet Union. Backing a candidate in each district, Sajudis captured 72 of the 90 seats decided. "If this isn't a landslide, what is?" asked Algimantas Cekuolis, a Communist Party member endorsed by Sajudis. Predicted Virgilijus Cepaitis, secretary of the popular front: "This means we will have independence in the spring or summer...
...Lithuanians wanted more time to discuss the makeup of the committee. Gorbachev compromised and referred the matter to a commission. From the point of view of the pragmatic Estonians, it was a case once again of the Lithuanians "mounting a charge on white horses." But Popular Front leader Virgilijus Cepaitis sees it differently: "We have been giving lessons to Moscow, and they have been accepting them. We are helping Gorbachev by showing...
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