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The Naked President: Political Life of Lech Walesa by Roger Boyes, 1994-10-17 Lech Walesa, ou, L'ete polonais (French Edition) by Jean Offredo, 1981 Vielleicht auf Knien, aber vorwarts!: Gesprache mit Lech Walesa (German Edition) by Jule Gatter-Klenk, 1981 The Book of Lech Walesa by Boleslaw Fac Edmund Szczesiak, 1982-03-04 A Path of Hope by Lech Walesa, 1988-12-02 Pope John Paul II: Reaching Out Across Borders (Reuters Prentice Hall Series on World Issues) by Journalists of Reuters, Mikhail Gorbachev, et all 2003-02-18 Droga nadziei (Polish Edition) by Lech Walesa, 1990 Walesa (French Edition) by Francois Gault, 1981 Poland, Solidarity, Walesa by Michael Dobbs, 1981 Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome by James A. Michener, 1990-10-01 Träger Des Seraphinenordens: Wilhelm II., Lech Walesa, Harald V., Thomas Klestil, Karl XIV. Johann, Farah Pahlavi (German Edition) Träger Des Bathordens: Robert Baden-Powell, Hirohito, George H. W. Bush, Lech Walesa, Aleksander Kwasniewski, Gustav Heinemann, T. E. Lawrence (German Edition) Ehrenbürger Von Warschau: Marie Curie, Lech Walesa, Herbert C. Hoover, Johannes Paul II., Lech Kaczynski, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski (German Edition) Pomeranian Geography Introduction: Zaspa, Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport, Dzierzgon, Czarne, Wladyslawowo, Skarszewy, Zukowo, Pruszcz Gdanski

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21. Biografías De Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Lech Walesa (Polonia)
    Breve biograf­a sobre este pol­tico del pa­s.  
    http://www.cidob.org/bios/castellano/lideres/w-004.htm
    
    Extractions: S u abuelo paterno luchó en el Ejército nacional del mariscal Pilsudski durante la Primera Guerra Mundial y sus padres eran campesinos con algunas propiedades que durante la ocupación nazi tuvieron que trabajar para granjeros alemanes. El padre, que antes de la guerra ganaba ingresos adicionales como carpintero, se hallaba en un campo de trabajo por negarse a delatar a su hermano partisano cuando su cuarto hijo nació en 1943. Cuando el padre falleció en 1945 coincidiendo con la llegada del Ejército soviético, el tío de Walesa se desposó con su cuñada, una católica devota, y se hizo cargo de la familia, a la que sumaron tres nuevos vástagos. El joven Walesa pasó su infancia entre estrecheces económicas. Tras completar con buenas calificaciones sus estudios primarios, entre 1959 y 1961 aprendió metalurgia, dibujo técnico y matemáticas en una escuela de oficios de Lipno, donde se especializó como electricista industrial. Consiguió el empleo de instalador de sistemas eléctricos en el Departamento Estatal de Agricultura (POM), en Lenie, y en 1963 interrumpió este trabajo para prestar el servicio militar, en el curso del cual fue destinado al cuerpo de telegrafistas y se dejó crecer el poblado bigote que luego le haría famoso. Tras licenciarse volvió a su empleo en el POM, pero en 1967 decidió marchar a la costa báltica en busca de mejores oportunidades de trabajo. Se colocó en la plantilla de los astilleros Lenin de Gdansk como obrero en una brigada de electricistas y en 1968 recibió su bautismo sindical al ser elegido por sus compañeros representante en el consejo de empresa.

22. WALESA, LECH
    International forfatterbibliografi.  
    http://www.bibliografi.dk/walesa_lech.htm

23. Colby Magazine, Winter '99: Lech Walesa Speaks
    lech walesa, the shipyard electrician and Solidarity labor leader who became Poland's first democratically elected president, held the rapt attention of an overflow crowd in Cotter Union on December  
    http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/88n1/hill/2.html
    
    Extractions: Lech Walesa, the shipyard electrician and Solidarity labor leader who became Poland's first democratically elected president, held the rapt attention of an overflow crowd in Cotter Union on December 7. Speaking through interpreter Magda Iwinska, Walesa said a "century of crime and hatred," which saw tragedies on the scale of the Holocaust and Stalinism, is giving way to what he hopes will be "a century of solidarity," featuring pluralism, open borders and the opportunity for stable peace.

24. CNN Cold War - Profile: Lech Walesa
    lech walesa, Born September 29, 1943, in Popowo, Poland, lech walesawas the son of a carpenter. He attended primary and vocational  
    http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/walesa/
    
    Extractions: a 4.0 browser and requires javascript Born September 29, 1943, in Popowo, Poland, Lech Walesa was the son of a carpenter. He attended primary and vocational school before taking up the position of electrical engineer in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, in 1967. In 1970, when the shipyards were the center of huge and violent demonstrations against the government's decision to increase food prices, Walesa was among the demonstrators. Six years later, Walesa was fired from his job when he not only protested the Gierek government's raise in food prices, but emerged as an anti-government union activist. He turned to the Workers Defense Committee (KOR), an underground intellectual group established to help the families of workers fired because of the protests, and became increasingly involved in their activities as a dissident. Walesa was arrested several times between 1976 and 1980 for his dissident activities. In 1981 however, Defense Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski was appointed prime minister in a year of increasing social unrest and dissatisfaction in Poland. In December, martial law was imposed and Solidarity was outlawed. Walesa was arrested, and for the next seven years he was either under arrest, watched closely by secret police or harassed. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, Walesa had his wife accept the award for him in Oslo, fearing that authorities would not allow him back into Poland if he left. By December 1988 it was clear that the unrest, social dissatisfaction and economic conditions could not continue without change. At the conclusion of the 10th plenary session of the Communist Party, the party invited the still-illegal and large opposition Solidarity movement to join in talks beginning in February 1989. These talks, which became known as the "roundtable talks," lasted for 59 days, with 13 working groups in 94 sessions.

25. Walesa, Lech
    walesa, lech. lech walesa speaking to striking shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland,1988. Copyright Wesolowski/Sygma. BIBLIOGRAPHY. The Book of lech walesa, trans.  
    http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/629_24.html
    
    Extractions: Lech Walesa speaking to striking shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, 1988 [Video] (b. Sept. 29, 1943, Popowo, near Wloclawek, Pol.), labour activist who helped form and led (1980-90) communist Poland's first independent trade union, Solidarity . The charismatic leader of millions of Polish workers, he went on to become the president of Poland (1990-95) and received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983. Mieczyslaw Jagielski, Poland's first deputy premier, signed an agreement conceding to the workers the right to organize freely and independently. As the leader of the now-underground Solidarity movement, Walesa was subjected to constant harassment until collapsing economic conditions and a new wave of labour unrest in 1988 forced Poland's government to negotiate with him and other Solidarity leaders. These negotiations led to an agreement that restored Solidarity to legal status and sanctioned free elections for a limited number of seats in the newly restored upper house of the Sejm (Parliament). Solidarity won an overwhelming majority of those seats in June 1989, and after Walesa refused to form a coalition government with the communists, the Parliament was forced to accept a Solidarity-led government, though Walesa himself refused to serve as premier. Walesa helped his Solidarity colleague Tadeusz Mazowiecki become premier of this government in 1989, but he ran against Mazowiecki for president in 1990 and won Poland's first direct presidential election by a landslide. As president, Walesa helped guide Poland through its first free parliamentary elections (1991) and watched as successive ministries converted Poland's state-run economy into a free-market system. Walesa had displayed remarkable political skills as the leader of Solidarity, but his plain speech, his confrontational style, and his refusal to approve a relaxation of Poland's strict new prohibitions on abortion eroded his popularity late in his term as president. In 1995 he sought reelection but was narrowly defeated by the former communist Aleksander Kwasniewski, head of the Democratic Left Alliance.

26. Lech Walesa Hero File
    A short biography and background notes on lech walesa. moreorless heroes lech walesa. more. heroes walesa is named 'Time' magazine's man of the year. " lech walesa is a man of emotion, not of logic or analysis  
    http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/walesa.htm
    
    Extractions: home hero file Country: Poland. Cause: Liberation of Poland from communist regime. Background: Sandwiched between Germany and Russia, Poland is under constant threat of invasion from the time of its formation in the middle of the 10th Century. The country's borders expand and contract dramatically over the centuries as regions are either annexed by or won back from its neighbours. Following the First World War, Poland achieves an uneasy and short-lived independence that is shattered when Germany invades on 1 September 1939, starting the Second World War. At the end of the war the country falls behind the Soviet Union's 'Iron Curtin', becoming a satellite state of the superpower. A pro-Soviet communist government is installed. Popular dissent mounts as the Polish economy begins to falter. When the Soviet Union begins to break apart the Polish people seize the opportunity to again achieve their independence. More background Mini biography: Born on 29 September 1943 in Popowo, near Wloclawek, Poland, into a working class family.

27. TIME 100: Lech Walesa
    lech walesa. Poland's brash union organizer stood up to the Kremlin and dealt the Eastern bloc a Monday, April 13, 1998. lech walesa, the fly, feisty, mustachioed electrician from  
    http://time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/walesa.html
    
    Extractions: Lech Walesa, the fly, feisty, mustachioed electrician from Gdansk, shaped the 20th century as the leader of the Solidarity movement that led the Poles out of communism. It is one of history's great ironies that the nearest thing we have ever seen to a genuine workers' revolution was directed against a so-called workers' state. Poland was again the icebreaker for the rest of Central Europe in the "velvet revolutions" of 1989. Walesa's contribution to the end of communism in Europe, and hence the end of the cold war, stands beside those of his fellow Pole, Pope John Paul II, and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. David Ben-Gurion

28. Peace 1983
    The Nobel Peace Prize 1983. lech walesa. Poland. lech walesa Biography Nobel LectureAcceptance Speech Nobel Symposia Other Resources. prev 1982, 1984 next.  
    http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1983/

29. TIME 100: Lech Walesa
    lech walesa Poland s brash union organizer stood up to the Kremlin and dealtthe Eastern bloc a fatal blow By TIMOTHY GARTON ASH Intro Our Century  
    http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/walesa.html
    
    Extractions: Lech Walesa, the fly, feisty, mustachioed electrician from Gdansk, shaped the 20th century as the leader of the Solidarity movement that led the Poles out of communism. It is one of history's great ironies that the nearest thing we have ever seen to a genuine workers' revolution was directed against a so-called workers' state. Poland was again the icebreaker for the rest of Central Europe in the "velvet revolutions" of 1989. Walesa's contribution to the end of communism in Europe, and hence the end of the cold war, stands beside those of his fellow Pole, Pope John Paul II, and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. David Ben-Gurion

30. TIME 100: Lech Walesa
    Walesaknown to almost everyone simply as lech — was foxy, unpredictable, ofteninfuriating, but he had a natural genius for politics, a matchless ability  
    http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/walesa2.html
    
    Extractions: The next phase in Walesa's political career was more controversial. Angered by the fact that his former intellectual advisers were now running the country in cooperation with the former communists, he declared a "war at the top" of Solidarity. "I don't want to, but I must," he insisted. Fighting a populist campaign against his own former adviser, he was elected Poland's first noncommunist President, a post he held until 1995. Some people liked his stalwart, outspoken style. Others found him too undignified to be the new democracy's head of state. Brilliant as a people's tribune, he stumbled over long formal speeches. You never felt he was quite comfortable in the role. When he stayed with the British Queen at Windsor Castle, he characteristically quipped that the bed was so big, he couldn't find his wife.

31. CNN.com - Lech Walesa Cleared Of Being Communist Spy - August 11, 2000
    http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/08/11/poland.lech.03/index.html

32. Lech Walesa Winner Of The 1983 Nobel Prize In Peace
    lech walesa, a Nobel Peace Laureate, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. lech walesa. 1983 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Books about lech walesa. Featured Internet Links  
    http://www.almaz.com/nobel/peace/1983a.html

33. Lech Walesa Winner Of The 1983 Nobel Prize In Peace
    lech walesa. Campaigner for human rights. Background Born 1943 ResidencePoland Book Store Books about lech walesa. Featured Internet Links  
    http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1983a.html

34. CNN.com - Lech Walesa Cleared Of Being Communist Spy - August 11, 2000
    http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/08/11/poland.walesa.03/index.html

35. CNN Cold War - Interviews: Lech Walesa
    lech walesa became chairman of Poland s first independent trade union, Solidarity,after leading the historic 1980 Lenin shipyard strike and a wave of  
    http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/19/interviews/walesa/
    
    Extractions: Lech Walesa became chairman of Poland's first independent trade union, Solidarity, after leading the historic 1980 Lenin shipyard strike and a wave of subsequent protests against the communist government. In 1981, martial law was imposed and Solidarity was outlawed, but Walesa continued leading the movement underground. He received the Nobel Peace Price in 1983. After the fall of the communist government in 1990, he became president of Poland, a post he held until 1995. Lech Walesa was interviewed for COLD WAR in June 1997. These excerpts have been translated from Polish. On the origins of Polish anti-communism: After [World War II] we found ourselves in a Soviet orbit against our will. It was a betrayal, and the nation could not agree to this. They could not agree to the new system. We tried to change it in '56, '70, and '76 and each time the people improved their fighting. So we came to the conclusion that the best way to attack communism is "through bread to freedom." And the Pope's visit in 1979 was like a gift from God. It fit ideally with our fight against this terrible communist system, based on lies, falsehoods and manipulation. This gift of God let us once regain the trust in the basic values: the power of truth, the power of freedom. Eventually this made the system collapse. Of course, in practical terms we achieved this by organizing trade unions, hoping that this would lead us to the victory.

36. Walesa, Lech
    El regreso de walesa.(lech walesa, expresidente de Polonia)(TT walesa's return.)(TA lech walesa, ex president of  
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0851315.html
    
    Extractions: Walesa, Lech u Pronunciation Key Walesa, Lech Solidarity . A moderate, he gained numerous concessions from the authorities before his arrest and internment in the military crackdown of 1981. He was released in Nov., 1982, and in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1987, he helped block Jaruzelski's reform initiatives by organizing a boycott of the government referendum, and in 1988 he led a series of nationwide strikes. In 1989 he negotiated an agreement with the government under which Solidarity was legalized and allowed to campaign as a political party in the upcoming elections. By the end of Aug., 1989, a Solidarity-led coalition government was in power, but Walesa became increasingly critical of Premier Tadeusz Mazowiecki. In Dec., 1990, Walesa was elected president of Poland, defeating Mazowiecki, and resigned his Solidarity post. Walesa failed to win reelection in 1995, losing to Aleksander Kwasniewski , a former Communist who was the Democratic Left Alliance candidate. He ran again in 2000 but received only 1% of the vote.

37. Biografías De Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Índices Alfabético Y Geográfico
    Translate this page Ramón Verhofstadt, Guy Vike-Freiberga, Vaira Voronin, Vladimir Vujanovic, FilipWade, Abdoulaye Wahid, Abdurrahman Wajed, Hasina walesa, lech Wasmosy Monti  
    http://www.cidob.org/bios/castellano/indices/indices.htm

38. Walesa, Lech
    walesa, lech, lekh väwen zu Pronunciation Key. walesa, lech , 1943–, Polishlabor and political leader. lech walesa du temps où il portait encor.  
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE054742.html
    
    Extractions: Walesa, Lech u Pronunciation Key Walesa, Lech Solidarity . A moderate, he gained numerous concessions from the authorities before his arrest and internment in the military crackdown of 1981. He was released in Nov., 1982, and in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1987, he helped block Jaruzelski's reform initiatives by organizing a boycott of the government referendum, and in 1988 he led a series of nationwide strikes. In 1989 he negotiated an agreement with the government under which Solidarity was legalized and allowed to campaign as a political party in the upcoming elections. By the end of Aug., 1989, a Solidarity-led coalition government was in power, but Walesa became increasingly critical of Premier Tadeusz Mazowiecki. In Dec., 1990, Walesa was elected president of Poland, defeating Mazowiecki, and resigned his Solidarity post. Walesa failed to win reelection in 1995, losing to Aleksander Kwasniewski , a former Communist who was the Democratic Left Alliance candidate. He ran again in 2000 but received only 1% of the vote.

39. Walesa, Lech. The New Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
    The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. walesa,lech. (LEK vahWEN-suh) A Polish labor leader and politician  
    http://www.bartleby.com/59/10/walesalech.html
    
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40. Walesa, Lech. The American Heritage® Dictionary Of The English Language: Fourth
    walesa, lech. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English LanguageFourth Edition. 2000. 2000. walesa, lech. SYLLABICATION Wa·le·sa.  
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    Extractions: Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference American Heritage Dictionary Wales ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.

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