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Edward Gierek
; Edward Gierek, former Polish leader Born: 6 January...Europe's first independent labour movement, Edward Gierek was regarded as one of the most liberal...after the downfall of the old regime. Gierek became a communist activist while working...
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Obituary: Edward Gierek
; LONG AFTER his fall from power, Edward Gierek, the Polish Communist leader of the...be suppressed by the use of force. Gierek's other boast was to have produced...in Poland's Baltic ports in 1970, Gierek did, indeed, embark on an ambitious...
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Former Polish Leader Edward Gierek Dies; Reforms Led to Debt
; Former Polish communist leader Edward Gierek, who was toppled in 1980 during a...Polish news agency PAP quoted Mr. Gierek's son Adam as saying the former communist...mining-related lung ailment. Mr. Gierek, who had worked as a youth in coal...
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Edward J. Wegner
; Edward J. Wegner, 91, of Elgin formerly of LaGrange Park, passed away...1914 in Chicago the son of Siguard and Sarah (Kirk) Harnstrom. Edward was a delivery driver for the Sealtest Ice Cream Company for...brother Elwin Harnstrom of Eau Claire, WI; a sister Shirley Gierek of Chicago; a daughter in law, Nancy ...
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Edward J. Wegner of Elgin.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
; Edward J. Wegner of Elgin A funeral Mass for Edward J. Wegner, 91, formerly of LaGrange Park, will be celebrated...Harnstrom, he passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at his home. Edward was a delivery driver for the Sealtest Ice Cream Company...loved and cherished by everyone whom he came in contact with. ...
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Communist leader of Poland in 1970s
; ...leader of Poland in 1970s, Gierek promoted reform Associated...31, 2001 Warsaw, Poland -- Edward Gierek, the communist ruler who pushed...ruling national Politburo. Gierek became party chief in 1970...better standard of living, Gierek launched a program to modernize...
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Correction
; CORRECTION Saturday, August 4, 2001 Former Polish leader Edward Gierek's immediate successor was Stanislaw Kania. An Associated Press obituary incorrectly indicated that Gierek's immediate successor was Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.
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Obituaries
; Edward Gierek, 88, the former Polish communist leader who was toppled in 1980 during a bloodless revolution that produced Eastern Europe's first...
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The Emperor's Deathbed: An Exchange
; ...last years of Polish party leader Edward Gierek's stupendously corrupt and incompetent...dribbled out in installments that late-Gierek summer, was rendered all the more...premonition of the coming fate of Gierek's regime, which would fall only two...
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Robert Ostaszewski. Troje pomscimy (Get Even for Troy).(Book Review)
; ...Poland. At first the division of the book into three parts--the Gierek Era, the Jaruzel Era, and the Brown Era--seems neatly chronological...two eras are named after historical figures (Party leaders Edward Gierek and Wojciech Jaruzelski) symbolic of Polish politics in the...
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