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...duties as Pontiff and the late 20th century's greatest drama merged in a breathtaking manner. The election of a Polish Pope posed an implicit challenge to Poland's Soviet-backed regime, a challenge John Paul quickly made immediate with two visits home. His first, in 1979, drew enormous, bloc-shaking crowds. On the next trip, after he told the restive populace to "be not afraid" and declared in the holy town of Czestochowa that "man cannot remain with no way out," the new Solidarity free-trade-union movement made him its virtual patron saint, flying the papal flag...
...being a traitor," she says, seated beneath portraits of her ancestors in the study of the 19th century mansion on the outskirts of Warsaw she and her huSBand have restored. "This kind of thing can destroy a person." "This kind of thing" has been happening across the former Soviet bloc as police archives, sealed since the end of communism, are gradually revealed to the public. The political fallout is intense. Politicians are seizing on the information to discredit foes. Some question the very authenticity of the files, but a growing number of people see the opening of the secret-police...
...Perpetual motion may help to save Sumner and his colleagues from that fate. This spring and summer, New Order top festival bills across Europe and the U.S., playing alongside young American bands like Interpol and the Killers, and British newcomers Bloc Party - all of whom are clearly influenced by Joy Division and New Order. The Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic can be heard lending vocals to the New Order track Jetstream on Sirens' Call, while British music mag NME, a champion of young bands, this year honored the New Order veterans with a Godlike Genius Award for their career achievements...
...voters are not amused. Last week, the no camp surpassed the yes bloc for the first time, 51% to 49%, in a poll asking French respondents how they will vote in the May 29 referendum on the proposed E.U. constitution. The yes tally has decreased dramatically, from a high of 69% in December and 63% late last month. Stéphane Rozès, deputy director general of CSA polling agency, which conducted the survey, says growing resentment over government reform, rising unemployment, falling spending power, and the E.U.'s effort to liberalize the service sector could further mobilize...
...spent a half-century under communist eyes. We are more sensitive than some other West Europeans. We feel things, we see things, we touch things that we don't like. For us, the European Union reminds us of COMECON [Moscow's organization for economic control of the Soviet bloc...