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If if I knew the answer to that question I could win another Nobel Prize.
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It is not often in life that you get to spend time with someone who has played a vital role in changing the course of history. Lech Walesa is one of those rare leaders who represents a true turning point in our collective life, for what he has done and for the way he has inspired the world
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WARSAW, Poland - Former President Lech Walesa said Wednesday that members of Solidarity, the trade union he once led, deserve to be beaten for a disruptive protest they staged last week in Warsaw. The comments by the outspoken Walesa underline the deep s Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
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(05-16) 06:52 PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's former President Lech Walesa said Wednesday that members of Solidarity, the trade union he once led, deserve to be beaten for a disruptive protest they staged last week in Warsaw. The comments by the outs Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle
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Poland's Lech Walesa says members of today's Solidarity deserve to be beaten
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's former President Lech Walesa says that members of Solidarity, the trade union he once led, deserve to be beaten for a disruptive protest they staged last week in Warsaw. Walesa's comments Wednesday underline the deep split Full Article at South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Lech Wałęsa (IPA:[ˈlɛx vaˈwɛ̃sa] (help·info); born September 29, 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist. He co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (succeeded by Aleksander... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
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