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...same time, the government intensified a propaganda campaign against the strikes. On Wednesday the party daily Trybuna Ludu warned of "national catastrophe" if the walkouts continued and pointedly noted that "our country lies in the direct security zone of the world socialist power-the Soviet Union." Mieczyslaw Rakowski, influential editor of the party periodical Polityka, declared on national television: "I am very frightened. Our country is in a precarious position. Our national survival is at stake...
...Western observers believe that Warsaw conservatives will stifle the plan in fear that the economy is moving out of their grasp. But most Poles remain hopeful. Some even believe that the plan could have important political consequences. "Certainly you cannot have economic reforms without some political reforms," says Mieczyslaw Rakowski, 44, editor in chief of the authoritative weekly Polityka. Rakowski, a candidate member of the Central Committee and a protégé of Gomulka, believes that Poland is ready to enter into a stage of "limited democracy." He explains: "By limited democracy I mean more room for discussion within...
...Crimson rallied after playing some of its worst baseball in the first and second innings, when the Lions scored all of their six unearned runs. An error by Cliff Crosby and a hit by Adam Rakowski, who got three of Columbia's five safeties, netted two runs in the first...
Errors by Harry Cavanaugh and Most Dunn, plus singles by Bill Lockwood and Rakowski (he batted in four Lion runs), got pitcher Bob Swanson four more tallies in the second. After that, the Crimson infield offered Godin some decent support and Godin aided his own cause by striking out 13 batters, driving in Harvard's first three runs, and doing yeoman work afield...
Crosby opened with a single, Rakowski dropped a Coulson pop-up, and Moffie's single loaded the bases again. Herb Neal then sent a double-play grounder to second which Mike De Mayo first bobbled and then threw over the first baseman's head, allowing two runs to score...