World & Nation
“This is pretty strange,” whispered Jana Onyszkiewicz.
July 11, 1989
Vice President George Bush and Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski met for more than two hours in a 17th-Century palace outside this Communist capital Sunday, but the two apparently made scant progress in resolving their differences over the state of reforms in Polish society.
Sept. 28, 1987
Canadian officials have privately advised Western embassies here that a uniformed man who shot at the Canadian military attache in Poland last month was almost certainly a Soviet sentry.
Aug. 29, 1985
The remarkable events of 1989 reconfirm the wisdom of Samuel Goldwyn’s maxim: “Never make forecasts--especially about the future!”
Jan. 16, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
Algeo, Cheryl L., 44, of Sherman Oaks, student at Ventura College.
Feb. 12, 1991
Business
Most of the focus of President Clinton’s trip to Europe last week was on unfinished business from the Cold War--the NATO alliance, nuclear armaments in Ukraine.
Jan. 16, 1994
California
Helena Modjeska--who was, and possibly remains, the greatest of Shakespearean actresses--left a worldwide heritage in the annals of the stage.
Dec. 20, 1985
The Polish government attacked the United States’ Voice of America on Tuesday for a broadcast that said Poland has not made enough progress to justify lifting U.S. economic sanctions imposed after the declaration of martial law five years ago.
Feb. 11, 1987
“In my wildest dreams I never anticipated having this kind of job,” said 42-year-old Wieslaw Albinski.
July 10, 1989
Sports
A look at the NBA draft early entry list for college underclassmen and international players.
April 24, 2018