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...Polish, the word for snowman, balwan, has a second meaning: blockhead or dummy. Prisoners at the Bialoleka detention camp no doubt had that ambiguity in mind when they dressed a snowman in a general's cap, epaulets, decorations and dark glasses. The repercussions were recounted in From Day to Day, an underground Solidarity bulletin that was closed down by security forces in Wroclaw last week...
...will not budge ... I intend to stand firm ... I am not going to change." These are declarations to the dozens of visiting members of Congress who have trudged through the Oval Office in the past few days. Most of them have pleaded with him to raise more tax revenue, cap entitlement and defense programs and reduce the deficits...
Gerald Ebbesen, 72, a World War II veteran, voted for the nuclear weapons ban. "There's been a lot of saber rattling lately," said Ebbesen, adjusting his hunter's cap to leave. "I'm as American as the next, but it's good to know this town ha enough common sense to push ahead a measure like this." The White House, let alone the Kremlin, is far removed from Newfane, but not, Vermont's citizens insisted last week, beyond reach...
...fare cuts might also take effect when the legislature passes a 1982 budget. Gov. Edward J. King's proposed budget includes provisions for increased revenue for the transit system, including a cap on the share that cities and towns are obligated to contribute...
Secretary of Defense Caspar ("Cap") Weinberger last week summarized his foreign policy views in an interview with TIME Correspondent Gregory H. Wierzynski. Excerpts...