Word: copernicus
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...miscellany of letters from Napoleon, Copernicus, Erasmus, Rossini, Queen Christina of Sweden and Mary Queen of Scots. Not included is the legendary erotica collection widely rumored to be hidden somewhere in the Vatican Archives...
...enough, the party leaders also had to contend with a potentially more dangerous erosion of power within their own ranks. Last week some 500 delegates from local Communist Party cells throughout Poland converged on a university lecture hall in the northern city of Torun, birthplace of the astronomer Copernicus, for an extraordinary conference on party reform. Speaker after speaker at the eight-hour meeting criticized Warsaw's Communist leadership for tailing to carry out its promised "renewal." Calling for greater democratization within the party, one delegate declared. "We are fighting for an idea. The top people in the party...
...kind of squealers, jumpers and touchers who used to flock to Jack. But tragedy has tempered his approach. While not avoiding large rallies altogether, he is planning to concentrate on smaller, more secure sessions, where he can discuss issues at greater length. Attending the first of these at the Copernicus Senior Citizens Center in Chicago, Kennedy gave a speech touting his national health care program. Silvester Bonnis, 72, a retired factory worker, came up to the podium with his cane to say that if he ever had to go to the hospital, "it would take all that I have saved...
...perhaps, they would like to find the deserted Eagle, and maybe take a few pictures or inscribe some graffiti on the "we-came-in-peace-for-all-mankind" plaque, it's not too tough. Just head east from Keppler, continue past Copernicus, and hang a right at the Sea of Vapors. If you hit the Sea of Fertility, turn around; you've gone...
...Polish spectacle, TIME Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Barry Kalb reports that the Pope's visit is unlikely to produce any dramatic result. The Kremlin reluctantly recognizes that the Polish government needs Catholic support and that it could not indefinitely avoid a visit by the most celebrated Pole since Copernicus. Gierek has gradually improved relations with the church and, since that policy has strengthened his regime and his nation...