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...country against the Nazis in World War II but became disenchanted in 1968 when he witnessed the Poles preparing to invade Czechoslovakia. From 1972 to '81, he provided some 35,000 pages of documents to the CIA, intelligence that an agency analyst said "virtually defined our knowledge" of the Warsaw Pact, and may have helped prevent a Soviet invasion of Poland...
...shows and newspaper columns, they aim to reclaim such age-old specialities as golonka (succulent pigs' knuckles stewed in beer) and pierogi (small pastry envelopes filled with meat, cabbage and mushrooms). For a taste of the traditional, try Polska Tradycja - tel: (48 22) 840 09 50 - in downtown Warsaw...
...cold war, American troops are once again on the move. Thousands of troops based in Germany, Britain and other parts of Western Europe will likely be redeployed over the next few years back to the U.S. Meanwhile, new bases will open up in the former Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. Some G.I.s may even find themselves in Soviet-era bases that they once defended against. "We're not expecting the Soviet Union to launch a major tank war across the north German plain," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said while visiting Iraq last September. "So we need to adjust...
...world-renowned pianist, Zakrzewski has already amassed quite a résumé. Born in Warsaw and raised in Ontario, she spent four years at the Professional Children’s School in New York and participated in Juilliard’s pre-college program. She frequently travels worldwide for concerts, but has found time to perform at Harvard as well: Harvard invited her to play at University President Lawrence H. Summers’ inauguration. “I was really part of Harvard’s history. It was a tremendous honor,” she says...
...close Ciampi adviser and former Communications Minister, told TIME that Ciampi was debating whether to sign the proposal into law. Lucky Escape POLAND Prime Minister Leszek Miller suffered two broken vertebrae and 14 other people were also injured when their government Mi-8 helicopter crashed 30 km south of Warsaw. Doctors said he would need to spend a week in hospital. Engine failure was blamed; the 26-year-old helicopter was one of five used by senior state officials and foreign dignitaries. Will They or Won't They? CYPRUS Election fever mounted in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus...