Word: walesa
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...independent union Solidarity. Flashing the victory sign and waving placards demanding FREE THE INTERNEES, the demonstrators headed off in the general direction of the authorized parade. They called to bystanders to join the march, and soon more than 20,000 were chanting "Solidarity," "Leszek" (for the interned Lech Walesa) and "Down with the junta...
...from the political world to the personal idiosyncracies he shares with millions of readers. The man who named his daughter Victoria (nickname "Tory") aims his pen with equal vitriol at the designed hitter rule, modern art, and new cars with gaudy interior design. The admiration he expressed for Lech Walesa is no more important than his celebration of the ringing of bells (church, not door or phone), the National Cathedral, the Chicago Cubs, and the semi-colon...
...ding a day from the Chinese." At week's end there were rumors of a compromise but no confirmation. In a Washington speech last week, Reagan once more declared ringingly that "the American people will not accept martial law [in Poland]. They demand that Lech Walesa and the political prisoners of Solidarity be set free." But the Administration is still unable to win allied cooperation in any measures that would really punish Moscow for its role in the Polish repression...
...Walesa is under constant pressure to cooperate with the authorities. One tactic they use is to imply that he is imposing hardship on his family by refusing to cooperate and thereby win his release. Still he remains adamant: he will not negotiate anything but the complete restoration of Solidarity. The government wants to reconstitute trade unions in Poland, though only on its terms. Walesa has also rejected the government's offer to allow him and his family to leave Poland. As Danuta said in an interview published in the London Sunday Times: "He replied by yelling at Vice Premier...
...resort in Jaworze that has served as an internment camp is now taking reservations from prospective vacationers for June. Wladyslaw Loranc, the head of Polish radio and television, told staffers who survived the purge that freed detainees should not be viewed as heroes, but should "return with heads bowed." Walesa himself has pledged not to bow to military authorities. Says Danuta: "He will not bend. I am certain of this because I know him well...