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...addition, she recalls, there was some hope that the Board would be able to lure Walesa to the Commencement ceremony. The leader of the Polish solidarity movement accepted an invitation to speak two years ago, but was unable to attend because of political unrest in Poland. Instead, his speech was read in absentia by Professor of Comparative Literature Carlos Fuentes...
...star turn at the talks on German unification, then a photo op with Lech Walesa. Now there's a boomlet of stories about his presidential potential. He's able to combine delicate diplomacy with media massaging...
While Mazowiecki has been a thoughtful and precise leader, Walesa frequently gives the impression of rumpled sartorial and intellectual disorder. Receiving a group of TIME editors two weeks ago in Gdansk in slippers and checked shirt, he made a passionate appeal, laced with colorful metaphors, for Western aid. But when pushed on specifics, he rambled or retreated into further metaphors. "We are like men learning to swim," he replied to a question on whether Poland was receiving enough aid from the West. "If you don't help us to learn, we will pull you down with...
This week Solidarity will hold its first congress since 1981. Walesa will certainly be re-elected leader of the trade union, and that will give him a base to further his political ambitions. That now seems to be what most interests the man who led the Polish struggle to overthrow communism...
...Eastern Europe breaks free of Moscow's grip and the Soviet Union enjoys unprecedented openness, the espionage world is undergoing its own changes. -- A mistimed bid for the presidency leaves Poles wondering if Walesa is still a savior, or just an ambitious political spoiler. -- A hunger for independence in Soviet Georgia. -- Peru's surprising election...