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...possible to convince everyone. The key person was [Solidarity leader] Lech Walesa. A not-highly educated, some would say simple, man, but deeply clever, wise, with huge intuition. Walesa - this is his greatness - put Solidarity and his own authority in play to protect Poland's free market and pro-Western orientation...
...bridge the gap between urban and rural Poland? It's also a geographical and historical divide. Western Poland tends to support the Civic Platform; eastern Poland supports the PIS. Those borderlines were shaped in the 14th and 15th centuries. To reach across them, the key thing is improving education...
...bucks: collegiate heaven. Luckily for Harvard students, there’s no need to hop on the Red Line and head to the North End for fabulous fusilli—it’s just a matter of walking to Mather. Three blocks down the road, at 319 Western Avenue, an unassuming Italian joint is nestled in a nook where few Harvard undergrads venture. Facing the busy street, a fresh green storefront sign reads: “Basta Pasta Trattoria: Pizza Panini Pasta.” Hidden in the midst of dry cleaners and convenience stores, Basta Pasta...
...radiologists. The lack of primary care physicians translates into longer waits to see a physician for patients: only 42 percent of patients in Massachusetts could be seen by a primary care physician within a week, a drop of 11 percent over the past two years. In one practice in Western Massachusetts, the next opening for a physical...
...became more intrigued by Indonesia, her husband became more Western. He rose through the ranks of an American oil company and moved the family to a nicer neighborhood. She was bored by the dinner parties he took her to, where men boasted about golf scores and wives complained about their Indonesian servants. The couple fought rarely but had less and less in common. "She wasn't prepared for the loneliness," Obama wrote in Dreams. "It was constant, like a shortness of breath." (See pictures of how Obama prepares a speech...