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...hard-liners blame the present crisis not only on ex-Party Boss Stanislaw Kania, who cooperated with Solidarity, but on some of the major figures in the current leadership. Among them: Kazimierz Barcikowski and Hieronim Kubiak, both Politburo members, and Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski. Since all three are close to Jaruzelski, who is thought to side with the moderates, the general also seems to be an indirect target. But Jaruzelski's position appears to be secure: not only does he control the army, he seems to enjoy the full confidence of the Kremlin. On the eve of the plenum...
...deciding in December that "the gallows have to be built" for the Communists. The union leader was personally denounced by the Polish Press Agency as a "front for the anti-Communist crusade" and a traitor to "working-class interests." In an interview with the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, Deputy Premier Rakowski dismissed Walesa as "an unhappy man" who "failed to live up to events...
...Jackson Ski Touring Foundation in New Hampshire, one of the premier facilities in the country, provides more varied but equally successful enticements. Some 25,000 skiers enjoy everything from saunas to home-cooked meals offered by the ten inns that dot more than 100 miles of trails. "There is a madness in cross-country skiing," says Thomas Perkins, executive director of the Jackson group. "You take the absolute minimum in equipment and do extremes with...
...over nine pages in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last Dec. 20. Entitled "In the Land of the Khmer Rouge," the story by Freelancer Christopher Jones vividly described a month-long journey in the summer of 1981 with Cambodian guerrillas. Along the way, the author chatted with Cambodian Premier Khieu Samphan and Foreign Minister leng Sary, and caught a glimpse of the elusive Pol Pot. He even witnessed jungle battles with the Vietnamese forces that have occupied the country for the past three years. But Jones' tale may have been too good to be true. At least part...
...adroitly tapped the network of support services that has made Silicon Valley such a fertile place for fledgling businesses. Says he: "We didn't know what the hell we were doing, but we were very careful observers and learned quickly." Jobs pestered Regis McKenna, the area's premier public relations specialist, to take on Apple as a client. After refusing twice, McKenna finally agreed. For advice on how to raise money, Jobs consulted both McKenna and Nolan Bushnell, his former boss at Atari. They suggested that he call Don Valentine, an investor who frequently puts money into...